Biochar for Environmental Remediation: Principles, Applications, and Prospects synthesizes state-of-the-art knowledge on biochar-based systems for environmental remediation. The book examines a wide variety of biochar applications for the remediation of inorganic, organic, microbial and emerging contaminants in various environmental media, including drinking water, industrial wastewater, urban stormwater, industrial and indoor air pollution, and contaminated lands and soils. Researchers, engineers and graduate students will find this to be a valuable reference for understanding opportunities for the use of biochar in environmental remediation as it fills the gaps in existing literature and offers a clear roadmap to guide future research. An increasing body of evidence shows that biochars have potential applications in environmental remediation of contaminants in soils, aqueous systems, and air pollution control. This book uses a systematic approach, covering biochar preparation, properties and characteristics, removal mechanisms, industrial applications, regeneration and disposal of spent biochar, lifecycle analysis and environmental and human health risks.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1: THE BIOCHAR SYSTEM (FEEDSTOCKS, PREPARATION, AND PROPERTIES 1. Introduction 2. Preparation and characteristics of pristine biochars 3. Development of novel engineered/functionalized biochars 4. Biochar catalysis for environmental remediation SECTION 2: BIOCHAR FOR CONTAMINATED LAND REMEDIA-TION 5. Remediation of inorganic contaminants in soils 6. Rehabilitation of mined lands and geologically enriched soils 7. Remediation of conventional and emerging organic contaminants in soils SECTION 3: BIOCHAR FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT 8. Treatment of Urban stormwater 9. Industrial and municipal wastewaters 10. Biochar as filter media in bioretention and constructed wetland systems SECTION 4: BIOCHARS FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT 11. Removal of contaminants in drinking water 12. Design and operation of single and multi-barrier biochar filters 13. Industrial flue gas emissions 14. Clean and efficient biochar cookstoves for mitigation of indoor air pollution 15. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions: A state-of-the-art SECTION 6: TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF BIOCHAR SYSTEMS 16. Technical feasibility of biochar systems 17. Regeneration, recycling and disposal of spent biochars 18. Socio-economic evaluation of biochar systems SECTION 7: HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF BIOCHAR SYS-TEMS 19. Life cycle assessment for biochar systems 20. Environmental and human health risks of biochar systems SECTION 8: LOOKING AHEAD: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 21. Future research directions 22. Conclusions
