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Production and characterization of slow pyrolysis biochar: influence of feedstock type and pyrolysis conditions
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Biochar was produced by fixed‐bed slow pyrolysis from various feedstock biomasses under a range of process conditions. Feedstocks used were pine wood, wheat straw, green waste and dried algae. Process conditions varied were the highest treatment temperature (HTT) and residence time. The produced chars were characterized by proximate analysis, CHN‐elemental analysis, pH in solution, bomb calorimetry for higher heating value, N 2 adsorption for BET surface area and two biological degradation assays (oxygen demand, carbon mineralization in soil). In proximate analysis, it was found that the fixed carbon content (expressed in wt% of dry and ash‐free biochar) in the biochar samples strongly depended on the intensity of the thermal treatment (i.e. higher temperatures and longer residence times in the pyrolysis process). The actual yield in fixed carbon (i.e. the biochar fixed carbon content expressed as wt% of the dry and ash‐free original feedstock biomass weight) was practically insensitive to the highest treatment temperature or residence time. The pH in solution, higher heating value and BET surface positively correlated with pyrolysis temperature. Finally, soil incubation tests showed that the addition of biochar to the soil initially marginally reduced the C‐mineralization rate compared against the control soil samples, for which a possible explanation could be that the soil microbial community needs to adapt to the new conditions. This effect was more pronounced when adding chars with high fixed carbon content (resulting from more severe thermal treatment), as chars with low fixed carbon content (produced through mild thermal treatment) had a larger amount of volatile, more easily biodegradable, carbon compounds.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ronsse, F., van Hecke, S., Dickinson, D., & Prins, W.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- Biosystems Engineering Ghent University Coupure Links 653 Gent B‐9000 Belgium
- Corresponding author
- Ronsse, Frederik
- Venue
- GCB Bioenergy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-10-16
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 104-115
- ISSN
- 1757-1693 (ISSN-L)
- 1757-1707
- OpenAlex
- W2097457893
- Cited by
- 1,000
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 10.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- GCB Bioenergy (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Evonik Industries
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Fuel Technology › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Keywords
- biochar, slow pyrolysis, feedstock type, pyrolysis temperature, residence time, pine forest, wheat straw, green waste, fixed carbon, higher heating value, BET surface area, soil carbon mineralization, soil incubation, oxygen requirement, soil pH
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