Biochar: Fundamentals and Applications in Environmental Science and Remediation Technologies
- 1st Edition, Volume 7 - November 8, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Ajit K. Sarmah
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 1 7 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 1 7 9 - 4
Biochar: Fundamentals and Applications in Environmental Science and Remediation Technologies, Volume Six provides readers with the fundamentals of scientific and technolog… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiochar: Fundamentals and Applications in Environmental Science and Remediation Technologies, Volume Six provides readers with the fundamentals of scientific and technological aspects of biochar application in stormwater treatment, its use in contaminant removal, greenhouse gas mitigation, as landfill cover material, and new environmental and agronomic applications. Chapters in this new release cover Biochar application for soil remediation in a redox-sensitive environment, Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: Role of biochar, Role of biochar as a cover material in Landfill waste disposal system- Perspective from Unsaturated soil mechanics, Biochar in soil re-engineering, Green remediation of contaminated agricultural land using biochar, and more.
Additional chapters cover the Impact of biochars on redox processes in soils, Biochar for manipulation of manure properties, A relationship paradigm between biochar amendments and green house gas emissions, Biochar amalgamation with clay: Enhanced performance for environmental remediation, Functionalization of biochar using microbial consortia, and the Potential role of biochar to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on water quality.
- Provides up to-date information on the use of biochar for contaminant remediation, as landfill cover material, and as a tool for energy transition
- Includes the aspect of biochar’s use in mitigating impacts of climate change and how manure properties can be altered through biochar addition
- Covers the role of microbial consortia on biochar functionalization
Students and early career professionals in environmental and ecological engineering with interest in biomass valorization and application in diverse sectors
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Series editor's preface
- Preface
- Chapter One: Biochar amalgamation with clay: Enhanced performance for environmental remediation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Preparation methods of clay-biochar composites
- 3: Properties of clay-biochar composites
- 4: Adsorptive removal of organic contaminants using clay-biochar composite
- 5: Clay biochar composites for inorganic contaminant adsorption
- 6: Mechanisms governing adsorptive removal by clay-biochar composites
- 7: Future perspectives
- References
- Chapter Two: Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: Role of biochar
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Inorganic contaminants in soil
- 3: Biochar as a soil amendment
- 4: Mechanisms of heavy metal remediation by biochar
- 5: Biochar applications in heavy metal remediation
- 6: Conclusion and recommendations for further research
- References
- Chapter Three: Application of biochar for emerging contaminant mitigation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Emerging contaminants classes
- 3: Adsorption technology for the removal of ECs
- 4: Adsorption of ECs
- 5: Technoeconomic feasibility of Biochar's use as adsorbent
- 6: Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- Chapter Four: Role of biochar as a cover material in landfill waste disposal system: Perspective on unsaturated hydraulic properties
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five: Effects of modified biochar on As-contaminated water and soil: A recent update
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biochar for As contamination: Limitation and challenge
- 3: Effect of Fe/Mn-based modified biochar
- 4: Effects of other modified biochar in As-contaminated soil
- 5: The way forward
- References
- Chapter Six: Biochar for modification of manure properties
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biochar as a feed supplement and amendment to bedding material
- 3: Biochar as a bulking agent for manure handling, storage and further use
- 4: Biochar for improving manure composting
- 5: Biochar effects on anaerobic digestion and biogas formation
- 6: Nutrient availability and delivery in soil of biochar amended manure
- 7: Impact of biochar on the fate and effects of micropollutants in manure
- 8: Summary and conclusion
- References
- Chapter Seven: Biochar role in improving pathogens removal capacity of stormwater biofilters
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Testing methods to evaluate biochar capacity to remove pathogens in stormwater
- 3: Pathogen removal processes in biochar-amended filter media
- 4: Challenges
- 5: Opportunities
- 6: Summary
- References
- Chapter Eight: A relationship paradigm between biochar amendment and greenhouse gas emissions
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Strategies adopted for mitigation of GHG emission
- 3: What is biochar?
- 4: Role of biochar in altering the factor responsible for GHGs emissions
- 5: Effect of biochar addition on major soil GHGs emission
- 6: Limitations
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Nine: Biochar for sustainable agriculture: Prospects and implications
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Agronomic properties of biochar
- 3: Biochar induced soil quality improvement
- 4: Biochar-induced crop growth and production
- 5: Economics of biochar application for agriculture
- 6: Concluding remarks and future research needs
- References
- Chapter Ten: Structure and function of biochar in remediation and as carrier of microbes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Structures of biochar
- 3: Application of biochar in remediation
- 4: Microbes and biochar
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Influence of process parameters for production of biochar: A potential tool for an energy transition
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Source of biomass
- 3: Conversion techniques
- 4: Implications of process parameters on physicochemical and thermal properties of biochar
- 5: Application of biochar
- 6: Summary and future prospects
- References
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 7
- Published: November 8, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 332
- No. of pages (eBook): 332
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128201787
- eBook ISBN: 9780128201794
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Ajit K. Sarmah
Ajit K Sarmah is currently an Associate Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Earlier, he worked as Senior Research Scientist at Landcare Research, a Crown Research Institute (CRI) in Hamilton, NZ. He obtained BSc.Ag.Eng (Distinction) from the University of Allahabad, India, followed by MEng (Soil and Water) from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Sarmah worked at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia and obtained a MAgSc (Soil Physics) and completed his PhD from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, investigating the fate and transport modelling of herbicide in highly alkaline soils of Southern Australian wheat growing regions. Following his PhD, Dr. Sarmah spent a year at the University of Western Australia, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. He then took a joint appointment as a Visiting Scientist for few years at the School of Civil Engineering and School of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. At Purdue, Dr. Sarmah worked on a USEPA funded project investigating occurrences and environmental fate of endocrine disrupting chemicals and veterinary antibiotics in the environment. His research interests/expertise includes fate modelling and validation of organic chemicals, exposure modelling, biochar production, characterisation and application in construction and building sector, geotechnical research, composite manufacturing, and novel functional materials from waste coal for roading and paving materials. He served as Associate Editor for Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) and currently is an Associate Editor for Environmental Management (Springer) and Editorial Board Member for Elsevier’s “Trends in Analytical Chemistry” and two Springer Journals: Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineers and BIOCHAR. He has published 130 journal articles; 8 book chapters and his work has been cited ~10000 times and has h-index of 45. Ajit has supervised 14 PhD and several MEng students to completion to date and maintains a strong scientific network of scientists/engineers working in multi-disciplinary fields across the globe.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, The Faculty of Engineering, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New ZealandRead Biochar: Fundamentals and Applications in Environmental Science and Remediation Technologies on ScienceDirect