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Sorption characteristics of N-nitrosodimethylamine onto biochar from aqueous solution.
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Three sorption mechanisms are suggested for NDMA sorption onto biochars, H-bond attraction between -N=O and the O-containing moieties, hydrophobic force between -CH3 and the ordered graphitic structure, and partition process of NDMA into the non-carbonization part of biochar.About:
This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2015-03-01. It has received 66 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sorption & Biochar.read more
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Environmental application of biochar: Current status and perspectives
Fernanda R. Oliveira,Anil Kumar Patel,Deb P. Jaisi,Sushil Adhikari,Hui Lu,Samir Kumar Khanal +5 more
TL;DR: This review provides a critical review of current research updates related to the pollutants interaction with surface functional groups of biochars and the effect of the parameters variability on biochar attributes pertinent to specific pollutants removal, involved mechanisms, and competence for these removals.
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The potential role of biochar in the removal of organic and microbial contaminants from potable and reuse water: A review.
Mandu Inyang,Eric R.V. Dickenson +1 more
TL;DR: More sorption data using biochar especially at demonstration-scale, for treating potable and reuse water in adsorption/filtration applications will help establish the potential of biochars to serve as surrogates for activated carbons.
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Sorption of ionizable and ionic organic compounds to biochar, activated carbon and other carbonaceous materials.
TL;DR: Overall the review reveals significant advances in the understanding of the interactions between IOCs and carbonaceous sorbents, with special attention being given to emerging sorption mechanisms including low-barrier, charge-assisted hydrogen bonds and cation-π assisted π-π interactions.
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Insight into biochar properties and its cost analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a review of different BC physico-chemical properties was conducted and the overall cost equation of a pilot BC production plant together with the cost equation for BC regeneration has been proposed.
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Challenges and recent advances in biochar as low-cost biosorbent: From batch assays to continuous-flow systems
TL;DR: A brief review of recent progress in the research and practical application of biochar with a special emphasis on its potential to reduce the pollutants present in wastewater or to render them harmless.
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Review of second-order models for adsorption systems.
TL;DR: An overview of second-order kinetic expressions is described in this paper based on the solid adsorption capacity, which shows that a pseudo-second-order rate expression has been widely applied to the Adsorption of pollutants from aqueous solutions onto adsorbents.
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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
TL;DR: Due to complexity of soil-water system in nature, the effectiveness of biochars on remediation of various organic/inorganic contaminants is still uncertain.
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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.
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Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent--a critical review.
TL;DR: A review of recent applications of biochars, produced from biomass pyrolysis (slow and fast), in water and wastewater treatment, and a few recommendations for further research have been made in the area of biochar development for application to water filtration.
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Transitional Adsorption and Partition of Nonpolar and Polar Aromatic Contaminants by Biochars of Pine Needles with Different Pyrolytic Temperatures
TL;DR: Biochars, produced by pyrolysis of pine needles at different temperatures, were characterized by elemental analysis, BET-N2 surface areas and FTIR, and Sorption isotherms of naphthalene, nitrobenzene, and m-dinitrobenZene from water to the biochars were compared.