Adsorption of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solutions on biochars prepared from agricultural by-products

• Main Authors: Pellera, Frantseska-Maria, Giannis, Apostolos, Kalderis, Dimitrios, Anastasiadou, Kalliopi, Stegmann, Rainer, Wang, Jing-Yuan, Gidarakos, Evangelos
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96676; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18073
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, the adsorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions by agricultural by-products, such as rice husks, olive pomace and orange waste, as well as compost, was evaluated. The aim was to obtain sorbent materials (biochars) through hydrothermal treatment (300 °C) and pyrolysis (300 °C and 600 °...