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Waste to Wealth: Types of Raw Materials for Preparation of Biochar and Their Characteristics

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Biochar is carbonaceous material prepared from thermo-chemical conversion of biomass-based raw materials. These include agro-waste, forestry waste, animal manure, sewage sludge, and municipal waste. Different pyrolysis conditions and raw materials alter the properties of biochar such as pH, surface area, porosity, cation exchange capacity, nutrient availability, and water holding capacity. These physico-chemical properties further influence the functional properties of biochar for its different applications. In the present chapter, role of different raw materials used for the preparation of biochar, their effects on the properties, and characterization of biochar are discussed.

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, School of Vocational Studies and Applied Science, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 201308, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sarita Joshi

  2. College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China

    Sudipta Ramola

  3. Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, 110016, India

    Bhupender Singh

  4. CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, Maharashtra, India

    Prathmesh Anerao & Lal Singh

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Joshi, S., Ramola, S., Singh, B., Anerao, P., Singh, L. (2022). Waste to Wealth: Types of Raw Materials for Preparation of Biochar and Their Characteristics. In: Ramola, S., Mohan, D., Masek, O., Méndez, A., Tsubota, T. (eds) Engineered Biochar. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2488-0_2

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