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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (2): 41-46.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2019.02.007

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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Biochars From Different Straw

Xiefeng YE(),Xiaona YU,Hanjun ZHOU,Zhipeng LI,Xiaofan ZHANG   

  1. Tobacco Science College of Henan Agricultural University; National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Centre; Key Laboratory for Tobacco Cultivation of Tobacco Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2017-12-22 Online:2019-03-30 Published:2019-04-09
  • Supported by:
    烟草行业烟草栽培重点实验室项目(30800665);河南省烟草公司项目(HYKJ201301);重庆市烟草公司项目(NY20140401070010)

Abstract:

Based on the cryogenic nitrogen gas adsorption method, the pore characteristics of biochars made from farmland waste including rice straw, corn stalk and wheat straw were studied. The BET equation, BJH equation and t-plot method were used to caculate the specific surface area, pore size distribution and microporous parameters, and FHH model was used to obtain the fractal dimension(D) of pore. Results showed that different temperature and different materials all had larger effects on the pore characteristics of biochar. With the increase of pyrolysis temperature, the BET specific surface area and pore volume of rice-straw-biochar and wheat-straw-biochar increased firstly and then decreased, whereas, the porosity of corn-stalk-biochar always increased. It was concluded that the mesopores were the main type of pores in three kinds of biochars and the pores mainly consisted of the second pores. It was found that rice-straw-biochar, corn-stalk-biochar and wheat-straw-biochar all had good fractal characteristics, and the pore fractal dimensions were 2.545 4-2.669 3, 2.629 7-2.689 5 and 2.577 3-2.597 2, respectively, which reflected the complexity and heterogeneity of the biochar porosity. Both rice-straw-biochar and wheat-straw-biochar had higher fractal dimension at 500 ℃(2.669 3 and 2.597 2), but corn-stalk-biochar had higher fractal dimension at 700 ℃(2.689 5).

Key words: Kcrop straw, biochar, pore characteristics, fractal dimension

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