Influence of pyrolysis temperature on properties and environmental safety of heavy metals in biochars derived from municipal sewage sludge

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 320, Issue , 2016, Pages 417-426

  Jin, Junwei ^a   Li, Yanan ^a   Zhang, Jianyun ^a   Wu, Shengchun ^a   Cao, Yucheng ^a   Liang, Peng ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Wong, Ming Hung ^b   Wang, Minyan ^a   Shan, Shengdao ^c   Christie, Peter ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BCR sequential extraction; Environmental risk assessment; Heavy metals; Sewage sludge biochar; Thermal pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; EXTRACTION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; POSITIVE IONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BCR SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; BIO CHARS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PYROLYSIS;

PYROLYSIS;

CARBON; CHROMIUM; CUPRIC ION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN; SULFUR; ZINC ION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTRACTION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PYROLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; PYROLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84989361139     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.08.050     Document Type: Article

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