Engineered biochar from pine wood: Characterization and potential application for removal of sulfamethoxazole in water

Jang, Hyun Min; Yoo, Seunghyun; Park, Sunkyu; Kan, Eunsung

doi:10.4491/eer.2018.358

Title: Engineered biochar from pine wood: Characterization and potential application for removal of sulfamethoxazole in water

Journal Article · 05 December 2018 · Environmental Engineering Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.358 · OSTI ID:1799225

Jang, Hyun Min ^[1]; Yoo, Seunghyun ^[2]; Park, Sunkyu ^[2]; Kan, Eunsung ^[3]

Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Stephenville. Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; OSTI
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Forest Biomaterials
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Stephenville. Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX (United States). Dept. of Wildlife, Sustainability, and Ecosystem Sciences

The adsorption of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) onto a NaOH-activated pine wood-derived biochar was investigated via batch experiments and models. Surprisingly, the maximum adsorption capacity of activated biochar for SMX (397.29 mg/g) was superior than those of pristine biochars from various feedstock, but comparable to those of commercially available activated carbons. Elovich kinetic and Freundlich isotherm models revealed the best fitted ones for the adsorption of SMX onto the activated biochar indicating chemisorptive interaction occurred on surface of the activated biochar. In addition, the intraparticle diffusion limitation was thought to be the major barrier for the adsorption of SMX on the activated biochar. The main mechanisms for the activated biochar would include hydrophobic, π-π interactions and hydrogen bonding. This was consistent with the changes in physicochemical properties of the activated biochar (e.g., increase in sp² and surface area, but decrease in the ratios of O/C and H/C).

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006639

OSTI ID:: 1799225

Journal Information:: Environmental Engineering Research, Journal Name: Environmental Engineering Research Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 24; ISSN 1226-1025

Publisher:: Korean Society of Environmental EngineersCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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