Biochar Applications: Advances in Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery provides a combined approach between environmental science and environmental engineering that involves the improvement of the natural environment, or the remediation, of polluted sites. In addition, it discusses bioprocess engineering, including the synthesis, modification, characterization, and management of biochar from biomass waste materials. The book includes coverage on sources, impacts, and applications of biochar that could potentially be used as catalysts to enhance environmental remediation and resource recovery processes. Examples of applied research that demonstrate the relationship between wastewater, soil, contaminated environments, remediation, resource recovery, sustainability, and circular bioeconomy are also included.
The book bridges the gap between biochar applications in wastewater treatment, soil improvement, gas mitigation, and resource recovery.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to biochar for environmental applications - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Biochar for environmental sustainability and resource recovery: an overview - p. 31 3. Chapter 3. Biochar and its derivative composites for industrial applications - p. 67 4. Chapter 4. Synthesis, modification, characterisation, and properties of biochar for environmental applications - p. 111 5. Chapter 5. Cleaner and circular bioeconomy approaches for biochar production - p. 131 6. Chapter 6. Biochar production yield: effect of leaves, seeds, fronds, straws, trunks, bagasse, and surface fibres as feedstock - p. 161 7. Chapter 7. Artificial intelligence in biochar development and application process optimization - p. 191 8. Chapter 8. Environmental impacts and management of biochar - p. 215 9. Chapter 9. Biochar-based materials for corrosion mitigation in environmental and industrial systems - p. 247 10. Chapter 10. Remediation of contaminated sites by biochar and its derivative composites - p. 265 11. Chapter 11. Biochar and microplastics: coexistence, mechanisms, transformations, and challenges in contaminated environment - p. 279 12. Chapter 12. Impact of biochar on the composition, population, and diversity of microbial communities in soil matrices - p. 309 13. Chapter 13. Application of biochar in crop production - p. 333 14. Chapter 14. Biochar as a nutrient and microbial carrier in agricultural production - p. 359 15. Chapter 15. Advanced oxidation and photocatalytic processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 379 16. Chapter 16. Membrane separation processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 413 17. Chapter 17. Adsorption and filtration processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 433 18. Chapter 18. Biochar and its derivatives for environmental remediation and resource recovery through bioelectrochemical techniques - p. 457 19. Chapter 19. Constructed wetlands utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 471 20. Chapter 20. Anaerobic digestion processes utilising biochar for resource recovery - p. 493 21. Chapter 21. Dark fermentation processes utilising biochar for resource recovery - p. 525 22. Chapter 22. Microbial electrolysis and microbial fuel cells: utilizing biochar for resource recovery - p. 567 23. Biochar as a hybrid material for enhancing CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy recovery in carbonate reservoirs - p. 583 24. Chapter 24. Biochar and its derivative composites for electronics applications - p. 619 25. Chapter 25. Applications of biochar in energy sources, development, storage, and conversion efficiency - p. 639 26. Chapter 26. From the laboratory to the industrial-scale: case studies of biochar production - p. 663 27. Chapter 27. Technoeconomic and life cycle assessment of biochar applications for wastewater treatment - p. 683 28. Chapter 28. Life cycle assessment of biochar: significance of production process-based greenhouse gas emissions estimates - p. 717 29. Chapter 29. Biochar as a tool for green and sustainable solutions: chemical interactions, health, environmental benefits, and agricultural developments - p. 741 30. Index - p. 771
Biochar Applications: Advances in Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery provides a combined approach between environmental science and environmental engineering that involves the improvement of the natural environment, or the remediation, of polluted sites. In addition, it discusses bioprocess engineering, including the synthesis, modification, characterization, and management of biochar from biomass waste materials. The book includes coverage on sources, impacts, and applications of biochar that could potentially be used as catalysts to enhance environmental remediation and resource recovery processes. Examples of applied research that demonstrate the relationship between wastewater, soil, contaminated environments, remediation, resource recovery, sustainability, and circular bioeconomy are also included.
The book bridges the gap between biochar applications in wastewater treatment, soil improvement, gas mitigation, and resource recovery.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to biochar for environmental applications - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Biochar for environmental sustainability and resource recovery: an overview - p. 31 3. Chapter 3. Biochar and its derivative composites for industrial applications - p. 67 4. Chapter 4. Synthesis, modification, characterisation, and properties of biochar for environmental applications - p. 111 5. Chapter 5. Cleaner and circular bioeconomy approaches for biochar production - p. 131 6. Chapter 6. Biochar production yield: effect of leaves, seeds, fronds, straws, trunks, bagasse, and surface fibres as feedstock - p. 161 7. Chapter 7. Artificial intelligence in biochar development and application process optimization - p. 191 8. Chapter 8. Environmental impacts and management of biochar - p. 215 9. Chapter 9. Biochar-based materials for corrosion mitigation in environmental and industrial systems - p. 247 10. Chapter 10. Remediation of contaminated sites by biochar and its derivative composites - p. 265 11. Chapter 11. Biochar and microplastics: coexistence, mechanisms, transformations, and challenges in contaminated environment - p. 279 12. Chapter 12. Impact of biochar on the composition, population, and diversity of microbial communities in soil matrices - p. 309 13. Chapter 13. Application of biochar in crop production - p. 333 14. Chapter 14. Biochar as a nutrient and microbial carrier in agricultural production - p. 359 15. Chapter 15. Advanced oxidation and photocatalytic processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 379 16. Chapter 16. Membrane separation processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 413 17. Chapter 17. Adsorption and filtration processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 433 18. Chapter 18. Biochar and its derivatives for environmental remediation and resource recovery through bioelectrochemical techniques - p. 457 19. Chapter 19. Constructed wetlands utilising biochar for wastewater treatment - p. 471 20. Chapter 20. Anaerobic digestion processes utilising biochar for resource recovery - p. 493 21. Chapter 21. Dark fermentation processes utilising biochar for resource recovery - p. 525 22. Chapter 22. Microbial electrolysis and microbial fuel cells: utilizing biochar for resource recovery - p. 567 23. Biochar as a hybrid material for enhancing CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy recovery in carbonate reservoirs - p. 583 24. Chapter 24. Biochar and its derivative composites for electronics applications - p. 619 25. Chapter 25. Applications of biochar in energy sources, development, storage, and conversion efficiency - p. 639 26. Chapter 26. From the laboratory to the industrial-scale: case studies of biochar production - p. 663 27. Chapter 27. Technoeconomic and life cycle assessment of biochar applications for wastewater treatment - p. 683 28. Chapter 28. Life cycle assessment of biochar: significance of production process-based greenhouse gas emissions estimates - p. 717 29. Chapter 29. Biochar as a tool for green and sustainable solutions: chemical interactions, health, environmental benefits, and agricultural developments - p. 741 30. Index - p. 771
