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Modeling adsorption kinetics of trichloroethylene onto biochars derived from soybean stover and peanut shell wastes

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Trichloroethylene (TCE) is one of the most hazardous organic pollutants in groundwater. Biochar produced from agricultural waste materials could serve as a novel carbonaceous adsorbent for removing organic contaminants from aqueous media. Biochars derived from pyrolysis of soybean stover at 300 °C and 700 °C (S-300 and S-700, respectively), and peanut shells at 300 °C and 700 °C (P-300 and P-700, respectively) were utilized as carbonaceous adsorbents to study batch aqueous TCE remediation kinetics. Different rate-based and diffusion-based kinetic models were adopted to understand the TCE adsorption mechanism on biochars. With an equilibrium time of 8–10 h, up to 69 % TCE was removed from water. Biochars produced at 700 °C were more effective than those produced at 300 °C. The P-700 and S-700 had lower molar H/C and O/C versus P-300 and S-300 resulting in high aromaticity and low polarity accompanying with high surface area and high adsorption capacity. The pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion models were well fitted to the kinetic data, thereby, indicating that chemisorption and pore diffusion were the dominating mechanisms of TCE adsorption onto biochars.

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This study was supported by the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea as “The GAIA Project (No. 173-092-010).” Instrumental analysis was supported by the Korea Basic Science Institute, the Environmental Research Institute and the Central Laboratory of Kangwon National University, Korea.

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  1. Korea Biochar Research Center & Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, South Korea

    Mahtab Ahmad, Sang Soo Lee, Sang-Eun Oh & Yong Sik Ok

  2. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

    Dinesh Mohan

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea

    Deok Hyun Moon

  4. Division of Plant Environmental Research, Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Service, Jinju, 660-360, South Korea

    Young Han Lee

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Ahmad, M., Lee, S.S., Oh, SE. et al. Modeling adsorption kinetics of trichloroethylene onto biochars derived from soybean stover and peanut shell wastes. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 8364–8373 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1676-z

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