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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Is Biochar from the Torrefaction of Sewage Sludge Hazardous Waste?

Andrzej Białowiec, Jakub Pulka, Marzena Styczyńska, Jacek A Koziel, Joanna Kalka, Marcelina Jureczko, Ewa Felis, Piotr Manczarski

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrzej BiałowiecInstitute of Agricultural Engineering, 37a Chełmońskiego Str., Faculty of Life Sciences and Technology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-630 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5871-2129
Jakub PulkaFaculty of Agronomy and Bioengineering, 28 Wojska Polskiego Str., Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6438-3608
Marzena StyczyńskaFaculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 37 Chełmońskiego Str., Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-630 Wroclaw, Poland.
Jacek A KozielDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, 4350 Elings Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2387-0354
Joanna KalkaFaculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology Department, The Silesian University of Technology, 2 Akademicka Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Marcelina JureczkoFaculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology Department, The Silesian University of Technology, 2 Akademicka Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Ewa FelisFaculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology Department, The Silesian University of Technology, 2 Akademicka Str., 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
Piotr ManczarskiFaculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, 20 Nowowiejska Str., Warsaw University of Technology, 00-653 Warszawa, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4067-8556
Silesian University of Technology · PLIowa State University · USUniversity of Life Sciences in Poznań · PLWarsaw University of Technology · PLWrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences · PL

Funding

Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Project no. IOW05556 (Future Challenges in Animal Production Systems: Seeking Solutions through Focused Facilitation) sponsored by Hatch Act & State of Iowa fundsPolish National Research Center, Preludium 6 The influence of sewage sludge torrefaction on biocarbon phytotoxicity, leachability of heavy metals from biocarbon and sorption parameters of biocarbon
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved technologies are needed for sustainable management of sewage sludge (SS). The torrefaction (also known as biomass "roasting") is considered a pretreatment of SS before use in agriculture. However, it is not known whether the torrefaction has the potential to decrease heavy metals' (HMs) leachability and the SS toxicity. Thus, the aim of the study was to evaluate the influences of the SS torrefaction parameters (temperature and process time) on HM contents in biochar, HM leachability, and biochar toxicity, and compare them with raw SS. The experiments were designed in 18 combinations (six temperatures, 200, 220, 240, 260, 280, and 300 °C; and three process times-20, 40, 60 min). Standard tests were used to determine HMs content, leachability, and toxicity. Results indicated that the torrefaction did not increase (

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heavy metalshydrophobicityleachabilitythermal treatmenttoxicitywaste to carbon

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PMID32796663
PMCPMC7475805
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