Combined analytical techniques for characterizing biowaste-derived biochars at different temperatures (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Combined analytical techniques for characterizing biowaste-derived biochars at different temperatures (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1007/s11368-014-0964-7 (literal)
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  • Pituello, C., Francioso, O., Simonetti, G., Pisi, A., Torreggiani, A., Berti, A., Morari, F (2014)
    Combined analytical techniques for characterizing biowaste-derived biochars at different temperatures
    in Journal of soils and sediments (Print)
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  • Pituello, C., Francioso, O., Simonetti, G., Pisi, A., Torreggiani, A., Berti, A., Morari, F (literal)
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  • Dipartimento di Agronomia Animali Alimenti Risorse Naturali e Ambiente, Università di Padova Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Università di Bologna ISOF, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (literal)
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  • Combined analytical techniques for characterizing biowaste-derived biochars at different temperatures (literal)
Abstract
  • Purpose Biochar production from biowastes (e.g. digestate) is currently one of the more innovative and unexplored fields of research. A complete characterization of these materials, also according to the production temperature, would be a key tool to assess their potential use as soil amendments. Material and methods For this purpose, five feedstocks (sewage sludge, municipal organic waste, cattle manure and silage digestates, poultry litter and vineyard pruning residues) were pyrolyzed at different temperatures. Structural and morphological transformations of biomasses during heating were followed by using FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and hyperspectral enhanced dark-field microscopy, a novel technique that provides both spectral and spatial information in one measurement. In addition, biochar microstructure (i.e. surface area and pore size distribution) using CO2 and N2 adsorption isotherms was investigated. Specific density was also analysed by a helium pycnometer. Results and discussion Biochars exhibited considerable chemical, structural and morphological differences depending on temperature and feedstock type. Moreover, specific density and surface area increased with the temperature. In particular, heating was able to produce a sharp increase of mesopore and micropore volume especially at 450 and 550 °C, but with different intensities for each feedstock. Thanks to the hyperspectral analysis, distinctive spectral patterns depending on the biochar chemical composition as well as the spatial distribution of the components were found. Conclusions The results demonstrated that, from a physical- chemical point of view, it is not possible to identify an \"ideal\" biochar able to improve both soil nutrient content and structure. On the contrary, depending on feedstocks and temperature, each biochar exhibits specific features that would make it suitable for a specific purpose. (literal)
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