Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su14052931
Keywords
biochar; biowaste coffee grounds; emerging contaminants; adsorption; pyrolysis; wastewater treatment
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This study successfully produced biochar from biowaste coffee grounds through pyrolysis and found that it has a strong adsorption capacity for pharmaceuticals in water. These results indicate that biochar can serve as an effective adsorbent to enhance the removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater.
Biowaste coffee grounds have been recognized as an effective and relatively low-cost adsorbent to complement conventional treatment techniques for removing emerging contaminants (ECs) from the waste stream through modification to useful biochar. The purpose of this study was to make biochar from biowaste coffee grounds through the pyrolysis process and investigate its potential capacity for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water. The biochar was prepared by pyrolysis process under argon gas conditions, and its adsorption capacity for pharmaceuticals was evaluated. The as-prepared biochar shows a surface area of 232 m(2) g(-1). The adsorption of salicylic acid, diclofenac, and caffeine onto the biochar show adsorption capacities of 40.47 mg g(-1), 38.52 mg g(-1), and 75.46 mg g(-1), respectively. The morphology, functional groups, crystallinity, and specific surface area were determined by SEM, FTIR, XRD, and BET techniques, respectively. Kinetic results reveal that the experimental data fit the pseudo-second-order model and the Temkin isotherm model. In conclusion, these results illustrate the potential of biochar produced from biowaste coffee grounds could play an important role in environmental pollution mitigation by enhancing removal of pharmaceuticals from conventional wastewater treatment effluent, thereby minimizing their potential risks in the environment.
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