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

  • Jang, Hyun Min (Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering & Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Stephenville, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Yoo, Seunghyun (Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University) ;
  • Park, Sunkyu (Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University) ;
  • Kan, Eunsung (Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering & Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Stephenville, Texas A&M University)
  • Received : 2018.10.10
  • Accepted : 2018.12.01
  • Published : 2019.12.30
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Abstract

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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