Production of biochar from tropical fruit tree residues and ecofriendly applications - A review

Zheli Ding; Yu Ge; Sarath C Gowd; Ekta Singh; Vinay Kumar; Deepshi Chaurasia; Vikas Kumar; Karthik Rajendran; Preeti Chaturvedi Bhargava; Peicong Wu; Fei Lin; Sharareh Harirchi; Veeramuthu Ashok Kumar; Ranjna Sirohi; Raveendran Sindhu; Parameswaran Binod; Mohammad J Taherzadeh; Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128903

Production of biochar from tropical fruit tree residues and ecofriendly applications - A review

Bioresour Technol. 2023 May:376:128903. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128903. Epub 2023 Mar 15.

Authors

Zheli Ding¹, Yu Ge², Sarath C Gowd³, Ekta Singh⁴, Vinay Kumar⁵, Deepshi Chaurasia⁴, Vikas Kumar⁴, Karthik Rajendran³, Preeti Chaturvedi Bhargava⁴, Peicong Wu¹, Fei Lin¹, Sharareh Harirchi⁶, Veeramuthu Ashok Kumar⁷, Ranjna Sirohi⁸, Raveendran Sindhu⁹, Parameswaran Binod¹⁰, Mohammad J Taherzadeh⁶, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Haikou Experimental Station, Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement of Bananas, Sanya Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Biological Breeding for Tropical Crops, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Hainan Province, China.
² School of Tropical Crops, Yunnan Agricultural University, Pu'er, Yunnan 665000, China.
³ Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University - Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁴ AquaticToxicology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, 226001 Uttar Pradesh, India.
⁵ Ecotoxicity and Bioconversion Laboratory, Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai 602105, India.
⁶ Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, Borås 50190, Sweden.
⁷ Biorefineries for Biofuels & Bioproducts Laboratory, Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Department of Pharmacology, SDC, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, India.
⁸ School of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun, 248001 Uttarakhand, India.
⁹ Department of Food Technology, TKM Institute of Technology, Kollam 691 505, Kerala, India.
¹⁰ Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Trivandrum 695 019, Kerala, India.
¹¹ College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, China. Electronic address: mukeshawasthi85@nwafu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36931447
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128903

Abstract

Environmental contamination is considered a major issue with the growing urbanization and industrialization. In this context, the scientific society is engaged in searching for a sustainable, safe, and eco-friendly solution. Sustainable materials such as biochar play an important role in environmental contamination. It has some specific properties such as micropores which increase the surface area to bind the pollutants. This review endeavors to analyze the potential of fruit wastes especially tropical fruit tree residues as potential candidates for producing highly efficient biochar materials. The review discusses various aspects of biochar production viz. pyrolysis, torrefaction, hydrothermal carbonization, and gasification. In addition, it discusses biochar use as an adsorbent, wastewater treatment, catalyst, energy storage, carbon sequestration and animal feed. The review put forward a critical discussion about key aspects of applying biochar to the environment.

Keywords: Biochar; Environmental applications; Gasification; Pyrolysis; Torrefaction.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Charcoal / chemistry
Fruit*
Soil / chemistry
Trees*

Substances

biochar
Charcoal
Soil