Sawdust

About: Sawdust is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5526 publications have been published within this topic receiving 86499 citations. The topic is also known as: wood dust & hard wood dust.

Chemically Modified Sawdust as Renewable Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal from Water

Abstract: Environmentally friendly and cost-effective adsorbent materials for arsenic extraction are needed for removing pollutants from groundwater. Here, lanthanum or zirconium oxide nanoparticle-incorporated sawdust was used for the removal of arsenic anions from water. The chemically modified sawdust was fully characterized and used for extraction of arsenic from water. The influences of ionic strength, pH, and interfering ionic pollutants toward the extraction efficiency of arsenic anions were investigated to understand the mechanism. ZrO2-sawdust showed extraction capacities of 29 and 12 mg/g for arsenite and arsenate anions, respectively, while La2O3-sawdust extracted arsenite (22 mg/g) and arsenate (28 mg/g) anions efficiently. Desorption studies were performed on surface-modified sawdust to check the recyclability. La2O3-sawdust can be fully regenerated with no change in arsenic removal efficiency, while ZrO2-sawdust retains ∼50% of its adsorption efficiency. Such modified renewable bioadsorbents are usefu...

Hydrodynamics of sawdust and mixtures of wood residues in conical spouted beds

Abstract: It has been proven that conical spouted beds allow for stable operation with sawdust and with wood residues, even with mixtures of these materials of wide particle size range and without being diluted with an inert solid. Peculiar hydrodynamic characteristics for sawdust have been observed; a great hysteresis in the pressure drop vs velocity curve, a pronounced peak of maximum pressure drop, and a difference between the velocity for which spout and fountain are formed and the velocity of the fully spouted bed. From the hydrodynamic study of sawdust, the ranges of the contactor geometric factors (cone angle, inlet diameter/base diameter ratio, inlet diameter/particle diameter ratio) for which operation is stable have been determined. Original correlations for calculation of minimum spouting velocity, of stable operation pressure drop, of maximum pressure drop, and of minimum voidage of complete spouting have been proposed.

Thermal Properties of Biochars Derived from Waste Biomass Generated by Agricultural and Forestry Sectors

Abstract: Waste residues produced by agricultural and forestry industries can generate energy and are regarded as a promising source of sustainable fuels. Pyrolysis, where waste biomass is heated under low-oxygen conditions, has recently attracted attention as a means to add value to these residues. The material is carbonized and yields a solid product known as biochar. In this study, eight types of biomass were evaluated for their suitability as raw material to produce biochar. Material was pyrolyzed at either 350 °C or 500 °C and changes in ash content, volatile solids, fixed carbon, higher heating value (HHV) and yield were assessed. For pyrolysis at 350 °C, significant correlations (p < 0.01) between the biochars’ ash and fixed carbon content and their HHVs were observed. Masson pine wood and Chinese fir wood biochars pyrolyzed at 350 °C and the bamboo sawdust biochar pyrolyzed at 500 °C were suitable for direct use in fuel applications, as reflected by their higher HHVs, higher energy density, greater fixed carbon and lower ash contents. Rice straw was a poor substrate as the resultant biochar contained less than 60% fixed carbon and a relatively low HHV. Of the suitable residues, carbonization via pyrolysis is a promising technology to add value to pecan shells and Miscanthus.

Characterization of modified sawdust, kinetic and equilibrium study about methylene blue adsorption in batch mode

Abstract: Methylene blue (MB) biosorption by citric acid modified pine sawdust (Pinus tabulaeformis) was studied from aqueous solutions Batch experiments were conducted to determine the biosorption properties of the biomass The Langmuir isotherm equation could fit the equilibrium data The maximal equilibrium quantity of MB from Langmuir model was 11146 mg g �1 at 293 K The Elovich model adequately described the kinetic data in comparison to the pseu- do-first-order model and pseudo-second-order model; the process involving rate-controlling step is very complex in- volving both boundary layer and intra-particle diffusion processes The effective diffusion parameter Di and Df values were estimated at different initial concentration, and the average values were determined to be 576×10 �8 and 212× 10 �7 cm 2 s �1 Thermodynamic parameters showed that the adsorption of methylene blue onto pine sawdust biomass was feasible, spontaneous and endothermic under studied conditions The physical and chemical properties of the bio- sorbent were determined by SEM, TG-DSC, XRD, and the point of zero charge (pHpzc) and the nature of biomass-dye interactions were evaluated by FTIR analysis, which showed the participation of COOH, OH and NH2 groups in the biosorption process Biosorbents could be regenerated using 001 mol L �1 HCl solution at least three cycles, with up to 90% recovery Thus, the biomass used in this work proved to be effective for the treatment of MB bearing aqueous solutions