The conversion of sewage sludge into biochar reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content and ecotoxicity but increases trace metal content

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-244

  Zielińska, Anna ^a   Oleszczuk, Patryk ^a  

^a Warsaw University   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biochar; PAHs; Pyrolysis; Sewage sludge; Toxicity; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOHAZARDS; CADMIUM; COPPER; EFFLUENTS; HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD; METALS; NAPHTHALENE; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BIO CHARS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONTENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOFUEL; CHARCOAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PAH; POLLUTION CONTROL; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE; TRACE METAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84924666071     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 1873-2909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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