Biochar for Environmental Remediation
Principles, Applications, and Prospects
- 1st Edition - January 24, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editor: Willis Gwenzi
- Language: English
Biochar for Environmental Remediation: Principles, Applications, and Prospects synthesizes state-of-the-art knowledge on biochar-based systems for environmental remediati… Read more
Description
Description
Biochar for Environmental Remediation: Principles, Applications, and Prospects synthesizes state-of-the-art knowledge on biochar-based systems for environmental remediation. This book examines a wide variety of biochar applications for the remediation of inorganic, organic, microbial, and emerging contaminants in various environmental media, including drinking water, industrial wastewater, urban stormwater, industrial and indoor air pollution, and contaminated lands and soils.
An increasing body of evidence shows that biochars have potential applications in environmental remediation of contaminants in soils, aqueous systems, and air pollution control. This book uses a systematic approach, covering biochar preparation, properties and characteristics, removal mechanisms, industrial applications, regeneration and disposal of spent biochar, life cycle analysis, and environmental and human health risks. Researchers, engineers, and graduate students will find this to be a valuable reference for understanding opportunities for the use of biochar in environmental remediation as it fills the gaps in existing literature and offers a clear roadmap to guide future research.
Key features
Key features
- Addresses the whole biochar cycle from preparation, principles of application, industrial application domains, regeneration, recycling and final disposal, life cycle analysis, and environmental and human health risks
- Covers a broad range of inorganic, organic, microbial, and emerging contaminants, providing a one-stop source of biochar information
- Presents applications of biochar in the remediation of diverse environmental media, including drinking water, industrial, wastewater, urban stormwater, acid mine drainage, contaminated lands and soils, and industrial and indoor air pollution control
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part 1Biochar technology: fundamental principles
1. Biochar for environmental remediation at a glance: principles, applications, and prospects
2. Feedstocks, preparation, and characteristics of pristine biochars
3. Development of novel engineered/functionalized biochars
4. Design, characterization, and evaluation of biochar: recent advances, applications, and future research directions
5. Harnessing biochar for sustainable catalysis in environmental applications
Part 2 Biochar for contaminated land remediation
6. Biochar remediation of inorganic contaminants in soils
7. Biochars for the remediation and repurposing of postmining landscapes and metalliferous substrates: applications and future perspectives
8. Biochar remediation of conventional and emerging organic contaminants in soils
9. Biochar for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil, sediments, and sludge
Part 3 Biochar for water and wastewater treatment
10. Removal of contaminants in drinking water using biochars
11. Biowaste-derived biochars for treatment of wastewater contaminated by dyes
12. Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in environmental matrices by biochars: mechanisms, fate, and research needs
13. Application of biochar for the treatment of urban stormwater: processes and future directions
14. Treatment of industrial and municipal wastewaters using biochar: performance, mechanisms, and research needs
Part 4 Biochar sytems for clean and renewable energy
15. Electrochemical properties of biochar for environmental applications: advances, challenges, and perspectives
16. Biochar in bioelectrochemical systems: applications and future directions
17. Thermochemical treatment of human excreta to energy and biochar: recent advances, applications, and future directions
Part 5 Biochar systems for air pollution control
18. Clean and efficient biochar cookstoves for mitigation of indoor air pollution
19. Biochars for the removal of toxic gaseous contaminants: state-of-the-art and future directions
Part 6 Assessment of biochar systems
20. Regeneration, recycling, and disposal of spent biochars
21. Life cycle assessment for biochar systems: a review
22. Potential environmental and human health risks of biochar systems: a call for comprehensive health risk assessments
23. Techno-economic assessment of biochar systems: state-of-the-art and future research directions
Part 7 Looking ahead: future perspectives and epilogue
24. Biochar for environmental remediation and beyond: a “twin or multiple solutions” heuristic framework for uptake, adoption, and impact
25. Moving ahead with biochar for environmental remediation and beyond: future research directions, roadmap, and epilogue
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 24, 2025
- Language: English
About the editor
About the editor
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