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The use of biochar-amended composting to improve the humification and degradation of sewage sludge
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Wood biochar (6%, 12% and 18% of fresh sludge weight) adding to a sludge-and-straw composting system was investigated to assess the potential of biochar as a composting amendment. Organic degradation efficiency, temporal humification profile of the water-extractable organic fraction and solid organic matter, through spectroscopic, microscopic and elementary analysis were monitored. Fluorescent excitation and emission matrix indicated that concentrations of aqueous fulvic-acid-like and humic-acid-like compounds were, respectively, 13-26% and 15-30% higher in the biochar-amended treatments, than those in the control without biochar-amended. On the first day of sludge aerobic incubation, the presence of biochar resulted in increased oxygen uptake rates of 21-37% due to its higher nano-porosity and surface area. SEM indicated that, in the biochar-amended sludge, the dense microstructure on the sludge surface disintegrated into fragments with organic fraction degraded and water lost. Results indicated that 12-18%w/w addition of wood biochar to sludge composting was recommended.
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- Authors
- Zhang, J., Lü, F., Shao, L., & He, P.
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-09
- Volume
- 168
- Pages
- 252-258
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2142414345
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- 273
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 20.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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