Yidan Luo, Yuanwang Lan, Shuzhen Liang, Shuohan Yu, Mingshan Xue, Zuozhu Yin, Fang-Fang Shen, Xibao Li, Zhen Hong, Meiling Yan, Chan Xie, Bin Gao
Bioresource technology 2024 FebHydrochars are promising adsorbents in pollutant removal for water treatment. Herein, hydrochloric acid (HCl) co-hydrothermally treated hydrochars were prepared from rice husk biomass at 180 °C via a one-step hydrothermal method. Adsorption behaviors of levofloxacin (LVX) on hydrochars were evaluated. The specific surface area and pore volume of the hydrochar synthesized in 5 mol/L HCl (5H-HC) were almost 17 and 8 times of untreated hydrochar, respectively. The 5H-HC sample exhibited the highest LVX adsorption capability at room temperature (107 mg/g). Thermodynamic experimental results revealed that adsorption was a spontaneous endothermic process. Yan model provided the best description of the breakthrough behavior of LVX in bioretention column, indicating that the adsorption on the samples involved several rate-limiting factors including diffusion and mass transfer. The results show that facile HCl co-hydrothermal carbonization of waste biomass can produce novel hydrochars with high LVX adsorption ability. Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Yidan Luo, Yuanwang Lan, Shuzhen Liang, Shuohan Yu, Mingshan Xue, Zuozhu Yin, Fang-Fang Shen, Xibao Li, Zhen Hong, Meiling Yan, Chan Xie, Bin Gao. Rice husk hydrochar prepared by hydrochloric acid assisted hydrothermal carbonization for levofloxacin removal in bioretention columns. Bioresource technology. 2024 Feb;393:130105
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