Textural and chemical properties of swine-manure-derived biochar pertinent to its potential use as a soil amendment |
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Authors: | Tsai Wen-Tien Liu Sii-Chew Chen Huei-Ru Chang Yuan-Ming Tsai Yi-Lin |
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Affiliation: | a Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan b Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Biochars have received increasing attention in recent years because of their properties pertaining to soil fertility and contaminant immobilization as well as serving as carbon sinks. In this work, a series of biochars were produced from dried swine manure waste by slow pyrolysis at different temperatures (i.e., 673-1073 K). The characterization of the resulting biochars was examined for its relevance to its potential use as soil amendment. It was found that the pore properties, ash contents and pH values of all swine-manure-derived biochars basically increased as temperature increased, while the yield and nitrogen/oxygen contents decreased with increasing temperature as a result of pyrolytic volatilization during pyrolysis. From the organic and inorganic elements analyses, the manure-derived biochar was rich in soil nutrients such as N, P, Ca, Mg, and K. Furthermore, the pore, surface and chemical properties were also consistent with the observations of the SEM-EDS, XRD and FTIR. This result suggested that the mesoporous manure-derived biochar could be used as an excellent medium to soil environment. |
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Keywords: | Swine manure Biochar Pyrolysis Physicochemical property Nutrient |
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