Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Biochar Towards Sustainable Environment

Presents a broad spectrum of topics ranging from biochar production, biochar application and their sustainability assessment towards sustainable environment

Huu Hao Ngo (Edited by), Wenshan Guo (Edited by), Ashok Pandey (Edited by), Sunita Varjani (Edited by), Daniel C.W. Tsang (Edited by)

9780323918732, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 10 January 2023

496 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 0.45 kg

The primary concern of environmental sustainability is to: (i) reduce use of physical and depletable resources; (ii) recycle and use renewable resources; (iii) redesign the production process to eliminate the production of toxic materials and protect the environment. Biochar, as a renewable material, can be produced from various sustainable biomass feedstocks through pyrolysis technologies. Biochar Towards Sustainable Environment highlights the contribution of biochar to environmental sustainability. The book provides a detailed overview of the sustainable biomass wastes feedstocks and different technologies for biochar production, and its sustainable applications in various aspects.

1. Sustainable biochar production technologies
2. Sustainability of biochar production in biowaste management
3. Biochar for sustainable construction
4. Biochar for sustainable drainage systems
5. Sustainable application of biochar for water purification
6. Role of biochar in sustainable wastewater treatment
7. Role of biochar in nutrients recovery from wastewater
8. Application of Biochar for Improving Sewage Sludge Treatment
9. Sustainable application of biochar for stormwater reuse
10. Biochar for sustainable soil remediation
11. Biochar for sustainable agriculture
12. Sustainable application of biochar for energy storage and conversion
13. Role of biochar in Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons Remediation and Environment Management
14. Environmental sustainability-based comparison between biochar and hydrochar in respect of production, properties, applications and perspectives
15. Sustainability assessment of the application of biochar
16. Sustainability assessment of biochar for climate change mitigation

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC]