An interesting question . It could be effectively used as adsorbent ,whether it is color or any other heavy metals toxicity abundant in water...due very high specific surface area of biochar particles
Biochar provide surface area that bacteria can get attached.
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Biochar could be used as an effective adsorbent for bacteria. Initially the properties of the biochar material need to be studied deeply. The adsorption rate of the bacteria to be used must be analysed. Ensure leaching of bacteria after adsorption does not occur since you employ it for water treatment.
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The main problem with these biochar(absorbent) is regeneration and handling and disposal of such biochar after application(use).
These absorbent(biochar) are having high surface area, with higherer removal efficiency.
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Anoop Kumar Srivastava Thank you sir, actually its soursce is different and black as like activated carbon.
Sumathi Malai Thank you Ma'am...actually I focused on removal of bacteria rather than its properties studies. so I need to search more about it ...hope it will work.
Prashant Basavaraj Bhagawati Thank you sir ,Really as you said the disposal is the main problem..Research is going on hope will get remedies for that..if you have any suggestion please add on.
In my study to assess thee efficacy of fortification of sand filters with biochar on phosphate reduction/removal from wastewater, reductions in E coli and enterecoccus faecals were also found to be siginificant. As other respondents pointed out, biochar is believed to provide favourable surfaces to which bacteria could attach itself and hence a support media for their growth, and thus can be said to be immobilise bacteria. Another reason could be that processes which occur between the chemical species/functional groups on the biochar surface and some dissolved substances in wastewater can cause pH of the effluent to be high enough to annibilate the bacteria. I hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
Yes it can. I recently published an article regarding the adsorption of Bacillus cereus onto palm kernel shell biochar. The adsorption was analysed using several mathematical models. Article Evaluation of palm kernel shell biochar for the adsorption o...
Ezekiel Kholoma Thank you sir for the explanation.
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Aaronn Avit Ajeng Thank you for sharing the paperwork.
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