Removal of ash in biochar from carbonization by CO<sub>2</sub>-enhanced water leaching and its mechanism

ZHANG Shuo; BAN Yan-peng; WEN Yu-xin; ZHU Jia-long; WANG Yi-ming; HU Hao-quan; JIN Li-jun

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60059-8

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ZHANG Shuo, BAN Yan-peng, WEN Yu-xin, ZHU Jia-long, WANG Yi-ming, HU Hao-quan, JIN Li-jun. Removal of ash in biochar from carbonization by CO2-enhanced water leaching and its mechanism[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(4): 554-561. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60059-8

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ZHANG Shuo, BAN Yan-peng, WEN Yu-xin, ZHU Jia-long, WANG Yi-ming, HU Hao-quan, JIN Li-jun. Removal of ash in biochar from carbonization by CO₂-enhanced water leaching and its mechanism[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(4): 554-561. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60059-8

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Removal of ash in biochar from carbonization by CO₂-enhanced water leaching and its mechanism

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60059-8

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Institute of Coal Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878044) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT21TD103)

Received Date: 2022-05-19
Accepted Date: 2022-07-14
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-28

Available Online: 2022-09-08

Publish Date: 2023-04-15

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Ash content is an important factor affecting the quality and combustion performance of biochar. In this paper, a method of ash removal from biomass is proposed by carbonization followed by CO₂-enhanced water leaching. The effects of the carbonization temperature of bagasse, the temperature and time of CO₂-enhanced water leaching on the deashing were investigated. The results show that the deashing rate firstly increases and then decreases with the carbonization temperature, while the opposite trend is obtained with increasing the water leaching temperature and time. For bagasse biochar carbonized at 300 ℃, the deashing rate reaches 57% at the water leaching temperature of 40 ℃ for 4 h. Compared with water leaching without carbonization, the proposed method can increase the content of fixed carbon and the char yield by 7% and 3%, respectively. It is because in the process of deashing, CO₂ diffuses and dissolves into water to form carbonic acid which reacts with part of metal salts to form water-soluble salts, resulting in the removal rate of K, Na and Ca up to above 50%, and part removal of calcite and dolomite. Also, the proposed process shows higher deashing efficiency and universality, but the deashing degree is closely related to the ash composition and kinds in biochar. As to peanut shell and poplar, the deashing rate exceeds 30% by carbonization at 300 ℃ and CO₂-enhanced water leaching at 40 ℃ for 4 h.
- biochar,
- deashing,
- CO₂-enhanced water leaching,
- alkali metals,
- alkaline earth metal

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