Biochar Applications

Advances in Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery

Ahmad Hussaini Jagaba, Nuhu Dalhat Mu'azu, Mohamed Hasnain Isa, Manfred Lübken, Abdullahi Kilaco Usman

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443445828
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Biochar Applications: Advances in Environmental Remediation and Resource Recovery provides a combined approach between environmental science and environmental engineering that involves the improvement of the natural environment, or the remediation, of polluted sites. In addition, it discusses bioprocess engineering, including the synthesis, modification, characterization, and management of biochar from biomass waste materials. The book includes coverage on sources, impacts, and applications of biochar that could potentially be used as catalysts to enhance environmental remediation and resource recovery processes. Examples of applied research that demonstrate the relationship between wastewater, soil, contaminated environments, remediation, resource recovery, sustainability, and circular bioeconomy are also included.The book bridges the gap between biochar applications in wastewater treatment, soil improvement, gas mitigation, and resource recovery. - Provides advancements in the sustainable application of biochar in wastewater treatment processes, including adsorption, membrane, chemical and advanced oxidation, photocatalysis, filtration, constructed wetlands, aerobic activated sludge processes, and more - Highlights the significant contributions of biochar in the improvement of contaminated sites - Examines trends and current practices in the application of biochar for resource recovery, lifecycle assessment, and the mitigation of greenhouse and toxic gases from the environment

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1 Introduction to biochar for environmental applications
• Chapter 2 Biochar for environmental sustainability and resource recovery: an overview
• Chapter 3 Biochar and its derivative composites for industrial applications
• Chapter 4 Synthesis, modification, characterisation, and properties of biochar for environmental applications
• Chapter 5 Cleaner and circular bioeconomy approaches for biochar production
• Chapter 6 Biochar production yield: effect of leaves, seeds, fronds, straws, trunks, bagasse, and surface fibres as feedstock
• Chapter 7 Artificial intelligence in biochar development and application process optimization
• Chapter 8 Environmental impacts and management of biochar
• Chapter 9 Biochar-based materials for corrosion mitigation in environmental and industrial systems
• Chapter 10 Remediation of contaminated sites by biochar and its derivative composites
• Chapter 11 Biochar and microplastics: coexistence, mechanisms, transformations, and challenges in contaminated environment
• Chapter 12 Impact of biochar on the composition, population, and diversity of microbial communities in soil matrices
• Chapter 13 Application of biochar in crop production
• Chapter 14 Biochar as a nutrient and microbial carrier in agricultural production
• Chapter 15 Advanced oxidation and photocatalytic processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment
• Chapter 16 Membrane separation processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment
• Chapter 17 Adsorption and filtration processes utilising biochar for wastewater treatment
• Chapter 18 Biochar and its derivatives for environmental remediation and resource recovery through bioelectrochemical techniques
• Chapter 19 Constructed wetlands utilising biochar for wastewater treatment
• Chapter 20 Anaerobic digestion processes utilising biochar for resource recovery
• Chapter 21 Dark fermentation processes utilising biochar for resource recovery
• Chapter 22 Microbial electrolysis and microbial fuel cells: utilizing biochar for resource recovery
• Chapter 23 Biochar as a hybrid material for enhancing CO2 sequestration and geothermal energy recovery in carbonate reservoirs
• Chapter 24 Biochar and its derivative composites for electronics applications
• Chapter 25 Applications of biochar in energy sources, development, storage, and conversion efficiency
• Chapter 26 From the laboratory to the industrial-scale: case studies of biochar production
• Chapter 27 Technoeconomic and life cycle assessment of biochar applications for wastewater treatment
• Chapter 28 Life cycle assessment of biochar: significance of production process-based greenhouse gas emissions estimates
• Chapter 29 Biochar as a tool for green and sustainable solutions: chemical interactions, health, environmental benefits, and agricultural developments
• Index