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Chibi A. Takaya
Centre for Integrated Energy Research, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

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Journal article
Published: 09 January 2019 in Agriculture
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The preparation of low-cost carbonaceous adsorbents for nitrogen recovery is of interest from agricultural and waste management perspectives. In this study, the gaseous ammonia (NH3) and aqueous ammonium (NH4+) sorption capacities have been measured for different types of carbonaceous chars produced under different conditions. The study includes a comparison of an oak-based hydrochar produced from hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) at 250 °C with two biochars produced from slow pyrolysis at 450 °C and 650 °C, respectively. The chars were also chemically modified with H2SO4, H3PO4, H2O2, and KOH to investigate the potential for sorption enhancement. The highest sorption capacities for NH3 were observed for the hydrochars with typical uptake capacities ranging from 18–28 mg g−1 NH3. Sorption capacity for oak biochars is significantly lower and ranges from 4–8 mg g−1 for biochars produced at 450 °C and 650 °C, respectively. Hydrochar showed a substantially higher sorption capacity for NH3 despite its lower surface area. The CaCl2 extractable NH4+ following ammonia adsorption is incomplete. Typically, only 30–40% of the N is released upon washing with CaCl2 in form of NH4+. Post chemical modification of the chars resulted in only limited enhancement of char NH3 and NH4+ sorption. H3PO4 treatment showed the greatest potential for increasing NH3/NH4+ sorption in biochars, while KOH and H2O2 treatment increased NH3 sorption in the hydrochar. As only marginal increases to char surface area were observed following char treatment, these findings suggest that char surface functionality is more influential than surface area in terms of char NH3/NH4+ sorption.

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Chibi A. Takaya; Kiran R. Parmar; Louise A. Fletcher; Andrew B. Ross. Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Trapping Ammonia. Agriculture 2019, 9, 16 .

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Chibi A. Takaya, Kiran R. Parmar, Louise A. Fletcher, Andrew B. Ross. Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Trapping Ammonia. Agriculture. 2019; 9 (1):16.

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Chibi A. Takaya; Kiran R. Parmar; Louise A. Fletcher; Andrew B. Ross. 2019. "Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Trapping Ammonia." Agriculture 9, no. 1: 16.

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Published: 02 July 2018 in Sustainability
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Biochar is traditionally made from clean lignocellulosic or waste materials that create no competition for land use. In this paper, the suitability of alternative feedstocks of agricultural and urban origins are explored. A range of biochars was produced from holm oak and a selection of organic wastes, such as greenhouse wastes, greenwastes, a cellulosic urban waste, municipal press cake and pig manure. They were characterized and assessed for their potential agricultural use. The physicochemical properties of biochars were mainly driven by the characteristics of feedstocks and the pyrolysis temperature. The use of pre-treated lignocellulosic residues led to biochars with a high concentration of ash, macro and micronutrients, whereas raw lignocellulosic residues produced biochars with characteristics similar to traditional wood biochars. All biochars were found to be suitable for agricultural use according to the international standards for the use of biochars as soil amendments, with the exception of a biochar from urban origin, which presented high levels of Cr and Pb. The use of these biochars as soil amendments requires a thorough agronomical evaluation to assess their impact on soil biogeochemical cycles and plant growth.

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Inés López-Cano; María L. Cayuela; Claudio Mondini; Chibi A. Takaya; Andrew B. Ross; Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero. Suitability of Different Agricultural and Urban Organic Wastes as Feedstocks for the Production of Biochar—Part 1: Physicochemical Characterisation. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2265 .

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Inés López-Cano, María L. Cayuela, Claudio Mondini, Chibi A. Takaya, Andrew B. Ross, Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero. Suitability of Different Agricultural and Urban Organic Wastes as Feedstocks for the Production of Biochar—Part 1: Physicochemical Characterisation. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (7):2265.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Inés López-Cano; María L. Cayuela; Claudio Mondini; Chibi A. Takaya; Andrew B. Ross; Miguel A. Sánchez-Monedero. 2018. "Suitability of Different Agricultural and Urban Organic Wastes as Feedstocks for the Production of Biochar—Part 1: Physicochemical Characterisation." Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2265.