Content of PAHs, activities of γ-radionuclides and ecotoxicological assessment in biochars

• Autorzy: Gondek K. , Mierzwa-Hersztek M. , Smreczak B. , Baran A. , Kopeć M. , Mróz T. , Janowski P. , Bajda T. , Tomczyk A.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/pjct-2016-0067

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this research was to determine the effect of thermal conversion temperature and plant material addition to sewage sludge on the PAHs content and the activity of selected γ-radionuclides in biochars, and to conduct an ecotoxicological assessment. The pyrolysis of the mixtures of sewage sludge and plant materials at 300°C and such temperature caused an increase in the contents of 2- and 3-ring hydrocarbons. During the pyrolysis of organic materials at 600°C, the amount of the following compounds was reduced in biochars: benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, benzo[a]pyrene, indeno[1,2,3c,d]pyrene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, and benzo[g,h,i]perylene. Among γ-radioisotopes of the elements, natural radiogenic isotopes were dominant. ¹³⁷Cs was the only artificial radioactive isotope. The pyrolysis of the mixtures of municipal sewage sludge and plant materials revealed that isotope  ⁴⁰K had the highest radioactive activity. In the case of other analysed nuclides, activities of  ²¹²Pb,  ²¹⁴Pb,  ²¹⁴Bi, and  ¹³⁷Cs were determined after the sample pyrolysis. The extracts from the mixtures of sewage sludge and plant materials were non-toxic to Vibrio fischeri.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

biochar; sewage sludge; PAHs; γ-radionuclides; Vibrio fischeri

• Wydawca: West Pomeranian University of Technology. Publishing House
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 18, nr 4
• Strony: 27--35
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Gondek K.

• University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

autor

Mierzwa-Hersztek M.

• University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

autor

Smreczak B.

• Department of Soil Science Erosion and Land Conservation, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation-State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Puławy, Poland

autor

Baran A.

• University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

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Kopeć M.

• University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

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Mróz T.

• The Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Krakow, Poland

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Janowski P.

• University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
• Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-142 Krakow, Poland

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Bajda T.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry; al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

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Tomczyk A.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry; al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).