Peat moss-derived biochars as effective sorbents for VOCs' removal in groundwater
- Authors
- Kim, Jeonggwan; Lee, Sang Soo; Khim, Jeehyeong
- Issue Date
- 8월-2019
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Peat moss; Biochar; Pyrolysis; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); Sorption
- Citation
- ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH, v.41, no.4, pp.1637 - 1646
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
- Volume
- 41
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 1637
- End Page
- 1646
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/63998
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10653-017-0012-9
- ISSN
- 0269-4042
- Abstract
- Peat moss-derived biochars were produced at the pyrolytic temperatures of 300, 500, and 700 degrees C and were tested for evaluating the removal efficiency of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from waters. As the pyrolytic temperature increases, the carbon contents were increased from 66 to 84%, and the contents of hydrogen and oxygen were decreased from 4 to 1% and from 19 to 4%, respectively. The surface areas of the biochars were 2 m(2) g(-1) at the pyrolysis temperature of 300 degrees C and were increased to 200 and 300 m(2) g(-1) at 500 and 700 degrees C, respectively. Results of FTIR analysis showed that functional groups such as hydroxyl, nitro, and carboxyl groups were observed in the biochar produced at 300 degrees C; however, the functional groups were removed in the biochars produced at higher temperatures. Sorption kinetics and equilibrium experiments were conducted with selected six VOCs of benzene (BZN), toluene (TOL), ethylbenzene (EBZ), p-xylene (pXYL), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), which are the most common VOCs found in contaminated groundwater of South Korea. Sorption equilibrium was attained in 6 h with the constants of first order kinetic rate of 0.5 h(-1) for the VOCs tested. Freundlich isotherm well described the adsorption of VOCs to the biochars. Biochar produced at 500 degrees C showed the highest sorption capacity for all VOCs with an average K-f of 7692 (+/- 2265), although biochars produced at 300 degrees C (K-f = 3146 +/- 629) and 700 degrees C (K-f = 2776 +/- 2693) showed the similar sorption capacity. The biochars produced at 500 degrees C can be an excellent remover of VOCs in contaminated groundwater.
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