Production of magnetic biochar from waste-derived fungal biomass for phosphorus removal and recovery

Jack, Joshua; Huggins, Tyler M.; Huang, Yingping; Fang, Yanfen; Ren, Zhiyong Jason

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.120

Production of magnetic biochar from waste-derived fungal biomass for phosphorus removal and recovery

Journal Article · Thu Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Cleaner Production

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.120· OSTI ID:1508952

Jack, Joshua ^[1]; Huggins, Tyler M. ^[2]; Huang, Yingping ^[3]; Fang, Yanfen ^[3]; Ren, Zhiyong Jason ^[4]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Hubei Province Collaborative Innovation Center for Geological Hazards and Ecology in the Three Gorges Region, Hubei (China)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

This study presents a new bottom-up biofabrication method to produce highly porous magnetic biochar from waste-derived fungal biomass. Neurospora crassa was grown in iron containing coagulation backwash (BW) diluted with primary effluent (PE) wastewater in two ratios of 1:4 (PE-BW 1:4) and 3:4 (PE-BW 3:4). The fungi encapsulated iron directly into biomass hyphae and carbonization resulted in one-step biochar preparation and maghemite (Fe2O3) formation. The morphology and structure of the materials were investigated using a suite of characterization tools. Results indicated that the physiochemical properties of each char were dependent on the blend used for fungal cultivation. PE-BW 1:4 had much larger average pore diameters (13.2 nm vs. 6.1 nm), less elemental surface carbon (2.1% vs. 23.7%), and more expansive Fe2O3 formation. Batch phosphorus adsorption experiments were conducted in the range of 0-90 mg-P/L, and a maximum adsorption density of 23.9 mg/g was achieved. Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms were used to describe the interactions of the phosphate on the absorbents and an in-depth error analysis was conducted. Further characterization of the P-loaded chars indicated adsorption primarily via P-OH bonding on the surface of the materials. This new biofabrication method showed great potential to magnetic biochar production with excellent phosphorus adsorption, which can be effectively used in wastewater resource recovery.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1508952

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--2700-73768

Journal Information:: Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Name: Journal of Cleaner Production Journal Issue: C Vol. 224; ISSN 0959-6526

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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