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Enhanced Pb immobilization via the combination of biochar and phosphate solubilizing bacteria
Abstract Application of biochar in heavy metal remediation suffers from lack of long-term stability. Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are able to elevate P release and the subsequent reaction with Pb to form stable pyromorphite. This study investigated the feasibility of applying PSB modified biochar to enhance immobilization of Pb2+. An alkaline biochar produced from rice husk (RB) and a slightly acidic biochar produced from sludge (SB) were selected. It showed that the biochars can effectively remove Pb2+ via adsorption, i.e., aqueous Pb concentrations after RB and SB addition were reduced by 18.61 and 53.89% respectively. The addition of PSB increased the Pb2+ removal for both biochars (to 24.11 and 60.85%, respectively). In particular, PSB significantly enhanced the formation of stable pyromorphite on surface of SB. This is due to that the evenly distributed PSB enhanced P release and regulated pH on the biochar surface. Moreover, small particles (<0.074 mm) showed their higher ability to induce the formation of pyromorphite, for both RB and SB. Nevertheless, SB demonstrated higher capability of sorption, together with its more abundant P content, which provided a more suitable platform to attract PSB to immobilize heavy metals. Therefore, the combination of biochar and PSB is a promising candidate material for heavy metal remediation. However, the types and particle size distribution of biochar should be addressed.
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Highlights The combination of biochar and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) successfully removed Pb2+ from organic medium. XRD, ATR-IR and SEM/EDS show the formation of pyromorphite on biochar by PSB. The decomposition of phosphorus compounds by bacteria and the increase of pH value were helpful in the solubilization of P and the subsequent formation of pyromorphite P release from medium and biochar significantly promotes formation of pyromorphite. PSB contribute to the decreased formation of cerussite on biochar surface.
Enhanced Pb immobilization via the combination of biochar and phosphate solubilizing bacteria
Abstract Application of biochar in heavy metal remediation suffers from lack of long-term stability. Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are able to elevate P release and the subsequent reaction with Pb to form stable pyromorphite. This study investigated the feasibility of applying PSB modified biochar to enhance immobilization of Pb2+. An alkaline biochar produced from rice husk (RB) and a slightly acidic biochar produced from sludge (SB) were selected. It showed that the biochars can effectively remove Pb2+ via adsorption, i.e., aqueous Pb concentrations after RB and SB addition were reduced by 18.61 and 53.89% respectively. The addition of PSB increased the Pb2+ removal for both biochars (to 24.11 and 60.85%, respectively). In particular, PSB significantly enhanced the formation of stable pyromorphite on surface of SB. This is due to that the evenly distributed PSB enhanced P release and regulated pH on the biochar surface. Moreover, small particles (<0.074 mm) showed their higher ability to induce the formation of pyromorphite, for both RB and SB. Nevertheless, SB demonstrated higher capability of sorption, together with its more abundant P content, which provided a more suitable platform to attract PSB to immobilize heavy metals. Therefore, the combination of biochar and PSB is a promising candidate material for heavy metal remediation. However, the types and particle size distribution of biochar should be addressed.
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Highlights The combination of biochar and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) successfully removed Pb2+ from organic medium. XRD, ATR-IR and SEM/EDS show the formation of pyromorphite on biochar by PSB. The decomposition of phosphorus compounds by bacteria and the increase of pH value were helpful in the solubilization of P and the subsequent formation of pyromorphite P release from medium and biochar significantly promotes formation of pyromorphite. PSB contribute to the decreased formation of cerussite on biochar surface.
Enhanced Pb immobilization via the combination of biochar and phosphate solubilizing bacteria
Chen, Haoming (author) / Zhang, Jiawen (author) / Tang, Lingyi (author) / Su, Mu (author) / Tian, Da (author) / Zhang, Lin (author) / Li, Zhen (author) / Hu, Shuijin (author)
Environmental International ; 127 ; 395-401
2019-03-28
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Enhanced Pb immobilization via the combination of biochar and phosphate solubilizing bacteria
| DOAJ | 2019
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2020