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Hydrochars produced with by-products from the sucroenergetic industry: a study of extractor solutions on nutrient and
Daniely Reis Santos1, Otávio da Mata Cunha1, Márcia Cristina Bisinoti1
1Departamento de Química e Ciências Ambientais, Laboratório de Estudos em Ciências Ambientais, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, UNESP, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus São José do Rio Preto, Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, 15054-000, Brazil.
Abstract:
Hydrothermal carbonization transforms biomass into value-added material called hydrochar. The release of nutrients (P, N, Ca, Mg, and K) and organic carbon (TOC) from hydrochar in different extractive solutions was investigated in this study. Two sets of hydrochar were produced: (i) hydrochar prepared from sugarcane bagasse and vinasse mixture (BV-HC) and (ii) hydrochar prepared by the addition of H3PO4 to this mixture (BVA-HC). Both hydrochar types released significative amounts of nutrient and organic carbon, mainly Ca (5.0 mg g-1) in the mixture (KCl, K2SO4, NaOH, 1:1:1) extractive solution and TOC (72.6 mg g-1) in the NaOH extractive solution, for BV-HC. Nutrient release was influenced by pH and ionic strength. The release of P, Ca, and Mg was affected by the presence of insoluble phosphate phases in BVA-HC. The release of nutrients P, N, Ca, Mg, and K and organic carbon demonstrated that hydrochar has potential for soil application purposes.
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