Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market

SK Thengane, KS Kung, A Gomez-Barea… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass is a promising renewable source that can reduce fossil fuel consumption and
associated greenhouse gas emissions, but some of its characteristics make it difficult to use …

Soil acidification and the liming potential of biochar

N Bolan, AK Sarmah, S Bordoloi, S Bolan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil acidification in managed ecosystems such as agricultural lands principally results from
the increased releasing of protons (H+) from the transformation reactions of carbon (C) …

How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

S Joseph, AL Cowie, L Van Zwieten, N Bolan… - Gcb …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesized 20 years of research to explain the interrelated processes that determine
soil and plant responses to biochar. The properties of biochar and its effects within …

Biomass for a sustainable bioeconomy: An overview of world biomass production and utilization

M Antar, D Lyu, M Nazari, A Shah, X Zhou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given both the ongoing expansion of world population and development of climate change
conditions, it is increasingly imperative to develop and deploy sustainable biomass …

Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, ED van Hullebusch… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, due to the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization in develo**
countries, a large volume of wastewater is produced from industries that contain chemicals …

The effects of biochar and its applications in the microbial remediation of contaminated soil: a review

X Zheng, W Xu, J Dong, T Yang, Z Shangguan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The amendment of biochar for soil bioremediation can improve soil conditions, influence soil
microbial community, and achieve co-application of biochar-microbe to promote the removal …

Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy

GS Ghodake, SK Shinde, AA Kadam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical
conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (ie, in the …

The effects of biochar addition on soil physicochemical properties: A review

Y Zhang, J Wang, Y Feng - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive land use has a series consequences on the degradation of land function and
exerts tremendous pressure on the ecological environment. Farming, mining, and heavy …

Biochar physicochemical properties: pyrolysis temperature and feedstock kind effects

A Tomczyk, Z Sokołowska, P Boguta - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2020 - Springer
Biochar is a pyrogenous, organic material synthesized through pyrolysis of different biomass
(plant or animal waste). The potential biochar applications include:(1) pollution remediation …

Multifaceted applications of biochar in environmental management: a bibliometric profile

A Kumar, T Bhattacharya, WA Shaikh, A Roy… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Biochar is a carbon-containing material prepared through thermal treatment of biomass in
limited supply of oxygen, and used for an array of applications including waste …