Biochar Applications for Wastewater Treatment

Comprehensive guide to biochar technology as a novel, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solution for the treatment of wastewater

Biochar Applications for Wastewater Treatment summarizes recent research development on biochar production and emerging applications with a focus on the value-added utilization of biochar technology in wastewater treatment, succinctly summarizing different technologies for biochar production and characterization with an emphasis on feedstock selection and pre-/post- treatment. The text discusses the mechanisms of biochar's various roles in different functions of wastewater treatment and includes the latest research advances in manufacturing optimization and improvements to update the carbonaceous materials with desirable environmental functionalities.

Discussion and case studies are incorporated in treating municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, agricultural wastewater, and stormwater to illustrate and emphasize the promising prospects of biochar technology in the treatment of various wastewater in actual utilization. Perspectives and future research directions of the emerging biochar technology in wastewater treatment are presented to provide insights for the readers and researchers in biochar application in wastewater treatment.

Sample topics covered in Biochar Applications for Wastewater Treatment include:

• Different technologies for biochar production and characterization
• Adsorption, biofiltration, anaerobic degradation, sludge dewatering and composting, nutrient recovery, advanced oxidation process, and odor control
• Removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and emerging contaminants
• Fate and transport in the environment, and life cycle assessment

Biochar Applications for Wastewater Treatment is an essential resource for professionals in environmental engineering/sciences, water and waste management, and sustainable environmental development looking for a comprehensive overview of the subject. The text is also valuable for academics interested in wastewater treatment technologies using biochar as a carbon-negative alternative to conventional materials.

《生物炭在廢水處理中的應用》是一本全面指南，介紹了生物炭技術作為一種新穎、具有成本效益和環境友好的廢水處理解決方案。該書總結了最近關於生物炭生產和新興應用的研究發展，重點介紹了生物炭技術在廢水處理中的增值利用，簡要概述了不同的生物炭生產和表徵技術，並強調了原料選擇和前/後處理。本書討論了生物炭在廢水處理的不同功能中的各種作用機制，並包括了最新的研究進展，以優化製造和改進碳質材料，以獲得理想的環境功能。

本書結合了處理市政廢水、工業廢水、農業廢水和雨水的討論和案例研究，以說明和強調生物炭技術在實際應用中處理各種廢水的前景。本書還提供了生物炭技術在廢水處理中的展望和未來研究方向，為讀者和生物炭在廢水處理中的應用研究人員提供了深入的見解。

《生物炭在廢水處理中的應用》涵蓋的樣本主題包括：
- 不同的生物炭生產和表徵技術
- 吸附、生物過濾、厭氧降解、污泥脫水和堆肥、營養回收、高級氧化過程和氣味控制
- 藥物、個人護理產品和新興污染物的去除
- 在環境中的命運和運輸，以及生命週期評估

《生物炭在廢水處理中的應用》是環境工程/科學、水和廢物管理以及可持續環境發展專業人士的重要資源，他們希望全面了解這一主題。對於對使用生物炭作為碳負擔替代傳統材料的廢水處理技術感興趣的學者來說，本書也具有價值。

Daniel C.W. Tsang is a Professor and MSc Programme Leader in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Pao Yue-Kong Chair Professor in State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization at Zhejiang University. Dan strives to develop low-carbon engineering solutions to ensure sustainable urban development and attain carbon neutrality. Dan has published over 500+ articles in top 10% journal (h-index 105, Scopus). Dan was selected as Highly Cited Researchers 2022 in the academic fields of Engineering as well as Environment and Ecology.

Yuqing Sun is an Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture at Sun Yat-Sen University. Her research covers the customized design and application of engineered biochar in green and sustainable wastewater treatment. Dr. Sun has published 50+ publications in top 10% journals (h-index 37, Scopus). Dr. Sun was selected as Highly Cited Researchers 2022 in the academic field of Cross Field.

Daniel C.W. Tsang是香港理工大學土木及環境工程學系的教授和碩士課程主任，也是浙江大學清潔能源利用國家重點實驗室的包玉剛講座教授。Daniel致力於開發低碳工程解決方案，以確保可持續城市發展並實現碳中和。Daniel在頂級10%期刊上發表了500多篇文章（Scopus指數為105）。Daniel被選為2022年工程學以及環境和生態學學術領域的高被引研究者。

Yuqing Sun是中山大學農學院的助理教授。她的研究涵蓋了工程生物炭在綠色和可持續污水處理中的定制設計和應用。Sun博士在頂級10%期刊上發表了50多篇論文（Scopus指數為37）。Sun博士被選為2022年跨領域學術領域的高被引研究者。