A feasibility study of agricultural and sewage biomass as biochar, bioenergy and biocomposite feedstock: Production, characterization and potential applications

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 495-505

  Srinivasan, Prakash ^a   Sarmah, Ajit K ^a   Smernik, Ron ^b   Das, Oisik ^a   Farid, Mohammed ^a   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biocomposite; Biomass; Calorific value; Remediation; Syngas; Waste

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FEEDSTOCKS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS GAS; WASTES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIO CHARS; BIO-COMPOSITES; DISSOLVED AIR FLOATATIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYN-GAS; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; BIOCHAR; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; REMEDIATION; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPOSITE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BROILER LITTER; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEWATERED POND SLUDGE; DISSOLVED AIR FLOATATION SLUDGE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAUNCH GRASS; PYROLYSIS; SAWDUST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SYNGAS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; CALORIMETRY; CHAR; COMBUSTION; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; PYROLYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; CHARCOAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84921928813     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.068     Document Type: Article

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