A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment

M Brtnicky, R Datta, J Holatko, L Bielska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has received extensive attention because of its multi-functionality for agricultural
and environmental applications. Despite its many benefits, there are concerns related to the …

Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L **ang, S Liu, S Ye, H Yang, B Song, F Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as an environmentally friendly material for soil improvement
and remediation, water pollution control, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and other …

Biomass waste-derived carbon materials for sustainable remediation of polluted environment: A comprehensive review

K Kumar, R Kumar, S Kaushal, N Thakur, A Umar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In response to the growing global concern over environmental pollution, the exploration of
sustainable and eco-friendly materials derived from biomass waste has gained significant …

Biochar industry to circular economy

Q Hu, J Jung, D Chen, K Leong, S Song, F Li… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar, produced as a by-product of pyrolysis/gasification of waste biomass, shows great
potential to reduce the environment impact, address the climate change issue, and establish …

Agricultural waste streams as resource in circular economy for biochar production towards carbon neutrality

K Yrjälä, M Ramakrishnan, E Salo - Current opinion in environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In times of depleting resources, there is a quest for new environmental management
solutions in a circular economy (CE). Agricultural waste attracts increasing global attention …

Effects of production temperature on the molecular composition and seed-germination-promoting properties of sludge-based hydrochar-derived dissolved organic …

C Lin, Z **n, S Yuan, J Sun, B Dong, Z Xu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Sludge hydrothermal carbonization demonstrates potential for converting sludge into
multifunctional carbon materials for soil remediation. However, the influence of dissolved …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar for intensification of plant-related industries to meet productivity, sustainability and economic goals: A review

J Kochanek, RM Soo, C Martinez… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intensification of production across agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biodiversity restoration
and other plant-related industries is urgently needed to meet expanding demand for food …

Process design and optimization on self-sustaining pyrolysis and carbonization of municipal sewage sludge

A Zhou, X Wang, S Yu, S Deng, H Tan, H Mikulčić - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis can realize the reduction and resource utilization of municipal sewage sludge
(MSS). In this paper, a self-sustaining pyrolysis process is designed for municipal sewage …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of biochars derived from different straw at 500℃ pyrolytic temperature: Implications for their use to improving acidic soil water retention

C Huang, Y Chen, L **, B Yang - Agricultural Water Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change cause extreme weather effects with temperature increases and drops in
humidity, such as drought and heatwaves, which will lead to more evaporation in arid and …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) of biochar production from a circular economy perspective

J Carvalho, L Nascimento, M Soares, N Valério… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Highlights Among several approaches to circular economy and zero-waste concepts,
biochar production is a great example and might be a way to push the economy to a carbon …