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Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: a review.
Mahtab Ahmad,Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha,Jung Eun Lim,Ming Zhang,Nanthi Bolan,Dinesh Mohan,Meththika Vithanage,Sang Soo Lee,Yong Sik Ok,Yong Sik Ok,Yong Sik Ok +10 more
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Due to complexity of soil-water system in nature, the effectiveness of biochars on remediation of various organic/inorganic contaminants is still uncertain.About:
This article is published in Chemosphere.The article was published on 2014-03-01. It has received 3163 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Slash-and-char.read more
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A critical review of clay-based composites with enhanced adsorption performance for metal and organic pollutants.
TL;DR: The comparison of clay composites used for the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants provides valuable insight into real wastewater treatment and knowledge gaps, uncertainties, and future challenges involved in the fabrication and regeneration of modified clay Composites are identified.
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Advances towards understanding and engineering direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion
Sajib Barua,Bipro Ranjan Dhar +1 more
TL;DR: A state-of-art review focusing on the fundamental mechanisms, key microbial players, the role of electrical conductivity, the effectiveness of various conductive additives, the significance of substrate characteristics and organic loading rates in promoting DIET in anaerobic digestion is presented.
Black carbon in the environment : properties and distribution / Edward D. Goldberg
TL;DR: The Chemical and Physical Properties of Black Carbon as discussed by the authors The Degradation of Black carbon Anthropogenic Black Carbons Black Carbon in the Environment Chemical Reactions Involving Black Carbiners Historical Records of Environmental Black Carbon The Impacts of Combustion Upon the Environment as Recorded by Black Carbon.
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Application of laboratory prepared and commercially available biochars to adsorption of cadmium, copper and zinc ions from water
TL;DR: The goal of the presented work was the evaluation and comparison of two biochars to adsorb heavy metal ions from water and the greater adsorption efficiency was observed for B CSH than for BCS in the case of all investigated metals.
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Prospects for pyrolysis technologies in the bioenergy sector: A review
Poritosh Roy,Goretty Dias +1 more
TL;DR: The potential to reduce life cycle greenhouse gases from pyrolysis depends on the feedstock used, the conversion technology, the size of the pyroglysis unit, and the way co-products are used.
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Pyrolysis of Wood/Biomass for Bio-oil: A Critical Review
TL;DR: A review of the recent developments in the wood pyrolysis and reports the characteristics of the resulting bio-oils, which are the main products of fast wood pyrotechnics, can be found in this paper.
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Biochar effects on soil biota – A review
Johannes Lehmann,Matthias C. Rillig,Janice E. Thies,Caroline A. Masiello,William C. Hockaday,David E. Crowley +5 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature reveals a significant number of early studies on biochar-type materials as soil amendments either for managing pathogens, as inoculant carriers or for manipulative experiments to sorb signaling compounds or toxins as mentioned in this paper.
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Some aspects of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other carbons
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the surface chemistry of carbon blacks and other activated carbons is given, focusing on surface oxides with emphasis on the chemical methods used in the assessment and identification of surface functional groups.
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Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal – a review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the available information about the physical and chemical properties of charcoal as affected by different combustion procedures, and the effects of its application in agricultural fields on nutrient retention and crop production.
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Dynamic molecular structure of plant biomass-derived black carbon (biochar)
TL;DR: A molecular-level assessment of the physical organization and chemical complexity of biomass-derived chars and, specifically, that of aromatic carbon in char structures suggests the existence of four distinct categories of char consisting of a unique mixture of chemical phases and physical states.