Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution

Heavy metal pollution has become more and more serious with the development of industry. Heavy metals can accumulate in plants, and enter into human body through the food chain. Lead (Pb) is one of the most common heavy metal contaminants in the environment, usually discharged with waste water and w...

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Main Authors: LAN Tian, CHU Yingchao, ZHANG Lingling, ZHAO Wen, PAN Yunzhou, ZHANG Jiawei, ZHU Zhiqiang, WU Weidong
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Published: Zhejiang University Press 2016-07-01
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CHU Yingchao
ZHANG Lingling
ZHAO Wen
PAN Yunzhou
ZHANG Jiawei
ZHU Zhiqiang
WU Weidong
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ZHANG Lingling
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PAN Yunzhou
ZHANG Jiawei
ZHU Zhiqiang
WU Weidong
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description Heavy metal pollution has become more and more serious with the development of industry. Heavy metals can accumulate in plants, and enter into human body through the food chain. Lead (Pb) is one of the most common heavy metal contaminants in the environment, usually discharged with waste water and waste gas. Accumulation of lead in the body can cause physical function disorder, and it is even more harmful to children. Therefore, it is very urgent to control the lead pollution. As a new type of adsorbent for soil heavy metal, biochar has a great advantage compared with other traditional materials. Biomass-derived biochar combines an effective removal of water contaminants with low cost of remediation. Many researchers used waste biomass crops and other materials to make biochar by pyrolysis at high temperature to remove heavy metals. The water movement on the biochar pores is affected by metal adsorption, which is a novel and promising technique to identify the nature of biochar-metal bonds at the solid-liquid interface.However, few researches were reported using common tropical biomass waste such as coconut shell and coconut fiber to prepare biochars. The coconut fiber become thick after matured, and the loose brown fibrous layers are soft and elastic, mainly are composed of hard stratum corneum. The coconut shell and coconut fiber are abundant, cheap and easy to collect in Hainan Province. Therefore, study on the adsorption of lead by biochars prepared from coconut shell and coconut fiber has a great significance to control heavy metal pollution. The objectives of this study were to: 1) characterize the biochars prepared from coconut shell and coconut fiber under different temperatures;2) determine the adsorption characteristics and mechanisms of Pb<sup>2+</sup> on biochars.Biochars were prepared by pyrolyzing coconut fiber and coconut shell at the temperatures of 300,500 and 700℃ respectively, and their physical and chemical properties were analyzed.The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and element contents indicated that, the carbonation degree of the biochars increased with the pyrolysis temperature, while the amount of oxygen-containing functional groups decreased. In addition, the surface area, ash content, pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and basic functional group content enriched with the pyrolysis temperature. The adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> by biochars derived from coconut fiber and coconut shell was fitted better with Langmuir model. As the pyrolysis temperature increased from 300 to 700 ℃, the amount of Pb<sup>2+</sup> adsorbed on the biochars gradually increased. Among the six kinds of biochars, the coconut fiber biochar prepared at 700℃ had the highest adsorption amount of 180.438 mg/g, which was better than many adsorption materials that reported previously. The CEC and ash content were important factors affecting the adsorption deduced from the fit curve. Under the condition of initial Pb<sup>2+</sup> concentration with 200 mg/L, the saturated adsorption amounts of coconut fiber and coconut shell biochars were 44.89-96.08 mg/g and 15.82-61.77 mg/g, respectively. The saturated adsorption amount of coconut fiber biochars was higher than that of the coconut shell biochars. However, the stable adsorption amounts of coconut fiber and coconut shell biochars were 9.83-13.91 mg/g and 9.68-25.16 mg/g, respectively.In conclusion, the different preparation temperatures can directly affect the physical and chemical properties of biochars. Different raw material sources and pyrolysis temperatures have a great influence on the adsorption capacity of Pb<sup>2+</sup>, and the largest amount of lead adsorption material is YA<sub>700</sub>(180.438 mg/g). In addition, different raw material sources and pyrolysis temperatures have a great influence on the stable adsorption quantity of lead, and the adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> on the coconut shell biochar is more stable than coconut fiber biochar.
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spelling doaj-art-0061bf41aeb147ef9bce1f2df000818d2025-08-20T02:47:32ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552016-07-014246947710.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2015.12.10110089209Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solutionLAN TianCHU YingchaoZHANG LinglingZHAO WenPAN YunzhouZHANG JiaweiZHU ZhiqiangWU WeidongHeavy metal pollution has become more and more serious with the development of industry. Heavy metals can accumulate in plants, and enter into human body through the food chain. Lead (Pb) is one of the most common heavy metal contaminants in the environment, usually discharged with waste water and waste gas. Accumulation of lead in the body can cause physical function disorder, and it is even more harmful to children. Therefore, it is very urgent to control the lead pollution. As a new type of adsorbent for soil heavy metal, biochar has a great advantage compared with other traditional materials. Biomass-derived biochar combines an effective removal of water contaminants with low cost of remediation. Many researchers used waste biomass crops and other materials to make biochar by pyrolysis at high temperature to remove heavy metals. The water movement on the biochar pores is affected by metal adsorption, which is a novel and promising technique to identify the nature of biochar-metal bonds at the solid-liquid interface.However, few researches were reported using common tropical biomass waste such as coconut shell and coconut fiber to prepare biochars. The coconut fiber become thick after matured, and the loose brown fibrous layers are soft and elastic, mainly are composed of hard stratum corneum. The coconut shell and coconut fiber are abundant, cheap and easy to collect in Hainan Province. Therefore, study on the adsorption of lead by biochars prepared from coconut shell and coconut fiber has a great significance to control heavy metal pollution. The objectives of this study were to: 1) characterize the biochars prepared from coconut shell and coconut fiber under different temperatures;2) determine the adsorption characteristics and mechanisms of Pb<sup>2+</sup> on biochars.Biochars were prepared by pyrolyzing coconut fiber and coconut shell at the temperatures of 300,500 and 700℃ respectively, and their physical and chemical properties were analyzed.The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and element contents indicated that, the carbonation degree of the biochars increased with the pyrolysis temperature, while the amount of oxygen-containing functional groups decreased. In addition, the surface area, ash content, pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC) and basic functional group content enriched with the pyrolysis temperature. The adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> by biochars derived from coconut fiber and coconut shell was fitted better with Langmuir model. As the pyrolysis temperature increased from 300 to 700 ℃, the amount of Pb<sup>2+</sup> adsorbed on the biochars gradually increased. Among the six kinds of biochars, the coconut fiber biochar prepared at 700℃ had the highest adsorption amount of 180.438 mg/g, which was better than many adsorption materials that reported previously. The CEC and ash content were important factors affecting the adsorption deduced from the fit curve. Under the condition of initial Pb<sup>2+</sup> concentration with 200 mg/L, the saturated adsorption amounts of coconut fiber and coconut shell biochars were 44.89-96.08 mg/g and 15.82-61.77 mg/g, respectively. The saturated adsorption amount of coconut fiber biochars was higher than that of the coconut shell biochars. However, the stable adsorption amounts of coconut fiber and coconut shell biochars were 9.83-13.91 mg/g and 9.68-25.16 mg/g, respectively.In conclusion, the different preparation temperatures can directly affect the physical and chemical properties of biochars. Different raw material sources and pyrolysis temperatures have a great influence on the adsorption capacity of Pb<sup>2+</sup>, and the largest amount of lead adsorption material is YA<sub>700</sub>(180.438 mg/g). In addition, different raw material sources and pyrolysis temperatures have a great influence on the stable adsorption quantity of lead, and the adsorption of Pb<sup>2+</sup> on the coconut shell biochar is more stable than coconut fiber biochar.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2015.12.101coconut fibercoconut shellbiocharpyrolysis temperaturephysical and chemical propertiesadsorptionPb<sup>2+</sup>
spellingShingle LAN Tian
CHU Yingchao
ZHANG Lingling
ZHAO Wen
PAN Yunzhou
ZHANG Jiawei
ZHU Zhiqiang
WU Weidong
Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版
coconut fiber
coconut shell
biochar
pyrolysis temperature
physical and chemical properties
adsorption
Pb<sup>2+</sup>
title Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
title_full Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
title_fullStr Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
title_full_unstemmed Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
title_short Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb<sup>2+</sup> in solution
title_sort preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for pb sup 2 sup in solution
topic coconut fiber
coconut shell
biochar
pyrolysis temperature
physical and chemical properties
adsorption
Pb<sup>2+</sup>
url https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2015.12.101
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