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Pine-Wood Derived Nanobiochar For Removal Of Carbamazepine From Aqueous Media: Adsorption Behavior And Influential Parameters, Mitra Naghdi, Mehrdad Taheran, Rama Pulicharla, Tarek Rouissi, Satinder K. Brar, M. Verma, R. Y. Surampalli Jan 2019

Pine-Wood Derived Nanobiochar For Removal Of Carbamazepine From Aqueous Media: Adsorption Behavior And Influential Parameters, Mitra Naghdi, Mehrdad Taheran, Rama Pulicharla, Tarek Rouissi, Satinder K. Brar, M. Verma, R. Y. Surampalli

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications

In recent years, application of biochar for removal of pollutants from aqueous solutions has been of interest due to favorable physicochemical properties and availability of feedstock. However, adsorption behavior has been reported only for raw and micro biochar particles and taking advantage of biochar nanoparticles, which offer superior specific surface area, did not receive any attention. The objective of this study was to investigate the adsorption efficiency of produced nanobiochar from pinewood. For this purpose, removal of carbamazepine (CBZ), a globally prescribed pharmaceutical, at very low concentrations (0.5–20 ppb) on as-produced nanobiochar with average particle size of 60 nm was …


Feasibility Of Electromagnetic Soil Heating Using Magnetic Nanoparticle-Coated Geotextiles, Ijung Kim, Caroline Best, Seunghee Kim Jan 2019

Feasibility Of Electromagnetic Soil Heating Using Magnetic Nanoparticle-Coated Geotextiles, Ijung Kim, Caroline Best, Seunghee Kim

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications

This paper reports a new way of soil heating using a woven and a non-woven geotextile coated with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) that generate heat when exposed to a magnetic field. The MNPs were synthesised in the presence of the geotextile, creating and simultaneously coating the MNPs onto the geotextile. The fixation of MNPs on the geotextile was confirmed by direct observation by way of scanning electromagnetic images and an induction heating test. When the prepared geotextile was placed inside a soil medium, heat was generated immediately as the geotextile was exposed to a high-frequency alternating magnetic field, subsequently transferring heat …