1. Cow manure-derived biochar: Its catalytic properties and influential factors.
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Qin, Jiaolong, Qian, Shiying, Chen, Qincheng, Chen, Lu, Yan, Lili, and Shen, Guoqing
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BIOCHAR , *CATTLE manure , *WASTE treatment , *HAZARDOUS wastes , *SOIL degradation , *WASTE management - Abstract
• 1,3-D degradation rate was U-shape related to biochar pyrolysis temperature. • Improving humidity or incubation temperature enhanced biochar catalytic ability. • 1,3-D degradation occurred through OH oxidation or pH-restricted substitution reaction. • Conversion of livestock manure into biochar was an attractive waste treatment method. The conversion of waste biomass into biochar is considered as a waste disposal alternative, especially because biochar is a low-cost adsorbent for soil contaminants. However, a risk of desorption of contaminants from biochar may lead to secondary pollution. This study investigated the degradation behavior of soil fumigant, 1,3-dichloropropne (1,3-D), on cow manure-derived biochar (CMB) pyrolyzed at five different temperatures from 300 to 700 °C (termed as C-300 to C-700). Results showed that 1,3-D degradation rate was U-shape related to biochar pyrolysis temperature. Four degradation byproducts (NH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 OH, CH 3 CH 2 NH 2 , NH 2 COCONH 2 , OHCH 2 COOH) were identified by headspace GC–MS. When biochar humidity improved from 0 to 50% or incubation temperature increased from 20 to 40 °C, the degradation of cis -1,3-D on C-300 improved 24.26% and 35.48%, respectively. The OH concentrations, detected by the terephthalic acid method, were considerably higher for C-300 than that for C-700. Pyrolysis temperature (300–700 ° C) governed biochar physicochemical properties and further affected 1,3-D degradation mechanisms (pH-controlled substitution or OH-restricted oxidation reaction). All these findings showed that CMB can adsorb and degrade 1,3-D, thereby reduce its desorption risk, indicative of the conversion of cow manure into biochar as an effective waste management practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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