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Preparation of Biochar Composite Graphene Oxide for the Removal of Boron in Simulated Fracturing Flowback Fluid

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The treatment of boron in fracturing backflow fluid is a widely studied issue in oil and gas resource extraction. In this work, the material of canola straw-derived biochar composite graphene oxide (BC@GO) was produced and used for boron removal. Then, a series of characterization and batch adsorption experiments were conducted on the material. The results show that the composite material has good adsorption capacity, and the maximum adsorption capacity is 168mg/g at the initial concentration of 300 mg/L at pH = 7. The results of kinetic and thermodynamic fitting showed that the boron adsorption by BC@GO conforms to the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and Freundlich model. In addition, it was found that the material still has a good adsorption capacity in batch adsorption experiments of hydraulic fracturing simulated water. Therefore, BC@GO is a new boron removal material with good application prospects.

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This research was supported by the Opening Project of Oil and Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (YQKF202108) awarded to ML, and the University Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (202210615040) awarded to XW.

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    Xuemei Wei, Mina Luo, Tengda Wang, Shanghai Yu, Yi Dong, Tianfu Che & Fu Chen

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Wei, X., Luo, M., Wang, T. et al. Preparation of Biochar Composite Graphene Oxide for the Removal of Boron in Simulated Fracturing Flowback Fluid. Arab J Sci Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09126-y

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