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Application of biochar for wastewater Treatment
Journal
BioChar: Applications for Bioremediation of Contaminated Systems
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Author(s)
Ravinuthala, Srinithya
Nithya, R.
Das, Saprativ P.
Abstract
Agricultural food production has surged exponentially over the past few decades to meet the ever-increasing needs of the growing world population, thereby leading to an upsurge of agricultural waste production too. A cost-effective, environmental- friendly method of sustainable agricultural waste management is through the generation of a biomass-pyrolyzed carbonaceous product, “biochar” from these wastes. Biochar has a versatile range of uses – soil remediation and conditioning, carbon sequestration, wastewater treatment and remediation, energy and gas storage. More recently, focus has shifted to the usage of designer or engineered biochars, as they have improved physiochemical and biological properties as compared to pristine biochar and are cost-effective than activated carbon. Biochar designing permits accomplishing biochar properties ideal for explicit applications or potentially under explicit conditions. This chapter focuses on the treatment of various types of wastewater including municipal, industrial, agricultural, and stormwater expending agricultural waste–derived biochar, with emphasis on engineered biochars.
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