Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 192, Issue -, Pages 312-320Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.05.084
Keywords
Biochar; Pyrolysis; Sludge; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Adsorption
Funding
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, India
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The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) toxicity and sorption behaviour of biochars prepared from pyrolysis of paper mill effluent treatment plant (ETP) sludge in temperature range 200-700 degrees C was studied. The sorption behaviour was found to depend on the degree of carbonization where the fractions of carbonized and uncarbonized organic content in the biochar act as an adsorption media and partition media, respectively. The sorption and partition fractions were quantified by isotherm separation method and isotherm parameters were correlated with biochar properties (aromaticity, polarity, surface area, pore volume and ash content). The risk assessment for the 16 priority EPA PAHs present in the biochar matrix was performed and it was found that the concentrations of the PAHs in the biochar were within the permissible limits prescribed by US EPA (except BC400 and BC500 for high molecular weight PAHs). (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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