Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a …

AI Osman, S Fawzy, M Farghali, M El-Azazy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of climate change and the circular economy, biochar has recently found many
applications in various sectors as a versatile and recycled material. Here, we review …

Evaluate the role of biochar during the organic waste composting process: A critical review

MK Nguyen, C Lin, HG Hoang, P Sanderson, BT Dang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is very robust and efficient for the biodegradation of organic waste; however
secondary pollutants, namely greenhouse gases (GHGs) and odorous emissions, are …

A review on biochar production from different biomass wastes by recent carbonization technologies and its sustainable applications

YX Seow, YH Tan, NM Mubarak, J Kansedo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current environmental pollution and global warming may cause a serious ecological
crisis. The conversion of renewable resources, especially from biomass could be a …

The role of biochar in organic waste composting and soil improvement: A review

X Guo, H Liu, J Zhang - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Large amounts of organic wastes, which pose a severe threat to the environment, can be
thermally pyrolyzed to produce biochar. Biochar has many potential uses owing to its unique …

Effects of microbial culture and chicken manure biochar on compost maturity and greenhouse gas emissions during chicken manure composting

H Chen, SK Awasthi, T Liu, Y Duan, X Ren… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of chicken manure biochar (CMB) and chicken manure integrated microbial
consortium (CMMC) as co-amendments were assessed on compost maturity and reduction …

Effects of Bacillus subtilis on carbon components and microbial functional metabolism during cow manure–straw composting

M Duan, Y Zhang, B Zhou, Z Qin, J Wu, Q Wang… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study is the first to investigate the changes in the composting process and carbon
conversion in a cow manure–straw compost matrix with Bacillus subtilis added at four …

Biochar role in the sustainability of agriculture and environment

M Ayaz, D Feizienė, V Tilvikienė, K Akhtar… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The exercise of biochar in agribusiness has increased proportionally in recent years. It has
been indicated that biochar application could strengthen soil fertility benefits, such as …

Effects of biochar carried microbial agent on compost quality, greenhouse gas emission and bacterial community during sheep manure composting

Z Wang, Y Xu, T Yang, Y Liu, T Zheng, C Zheng - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Although composting is a very effective way to dispose agricultural wastes, its development
is greatly limited by the low compost quality and greenhouse gas emissions. At present …

Co-composting of food waste and swine manure augmenting biochar and salts: Nutrient dynamics, gaseous emissions and microbial activity

B Ravindran, MK Awasthi, N Karmegam… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prominent characteristics of the biochar, high porosity, sorption capacity with low density
improve the aeration, making it a desirable amendment material for composting process …

Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment and compound microbial agents on compost maturity and gaseous emissions during aerobic composting of kitchen waste

T **e, Z Zhang, D Zhang, C Wei, Y Lin, R Feng… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Though aerobic composting is commonly used in kitchen waste (KW) disposal, the high-oil
and high-salt characteristics of KW could affect composting efficiency and lead to the land …