Properties of biochar from wood and textile

Abstract

Due to population growth and economic activities, the increasing of generation and unreasonable disposal of waste biomass have been payed more attention than before. Traditional disposal methods may lead to environmental issues such as contaminating water and soil. This study explores the possibility of utilizing waste biomass to prepare biochar which can be used as addition in cementitious composites. This presents an obvious opportunity to recycle waste biomass as a construction material and use at large scale. In this study, wood and textile are feedstocks to prepare biochar and investigate their characterization. This study researched the information of different biochar by some basic parameters such as yield and water absorption. The pyrolysis of wood, textile and food waste was implemented to make different biochar. Meanwhile, the temperature was different according to these materials. 500°C of pyrolysis temperature was used to make wood and food biochar and 400°C and 300°C were for wood and textile biochar. The result explained that with increasing of temperature, the yield of wood and textile biochar was reduced.