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Electrochemically and Bioelectrochemically Induced Ammonium Recovery
Published on: January 22, 2015
Enhanced removal of ammonium from water by ball-milled biochar
Yongjun Qin1,2, Xiaolong Zhu3,4, Qing Su1
1Appraisal Center for Ecology and Environment Engineering of Chongqing, Chongqing, 401121, China.
Abstract:
Novel biochar was prepared by ball milling using bamboo as raw material. The aim of this study was to find a good alternative way to improve the potentials of biochar for ammonium adsorption from aqueous solution. The sorption performance of ball-milled bamboo biochar (BMBB) was compared with that of bamboo biochar (BB) using batch adsorption experiments. Different adsorption kinetics models proved that the pseudo-second order was the best kinetic model for explanation of the adsorption kinetics characteristics, indicative of the energetically heterogeneous solid surface of the biochar. The Langmuir model could fit the isothermal adsorption data of BMBB well. The maximum adsorption capacity of BMBB (22.9 mg g-1) was much higher than that of BB (7.0 mg g-1). This study offers a relatively cost-effective and efficient methodology for the improvement in the adsorption capacity of biochar for ammonium nitrogen.
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