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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Title:		Effect of biochar addition on the improvement of the quality parameters of compost used for land reclamation
Author(s):		Raclavska H; Ruzickova J; Raclavsky K; Juchelkova D; Kucbel M; Svedova B; Slamova K; Kacprzak M;
Address:		"Centre ENET, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic. Department of Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic. Centre ENET, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic. marek.kucbel@vsb.cz. Institute of Foreign Languages, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 00, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic. Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, J.H. Dabrowskiego 69, 42-201, Czestochowa, Poland"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Year:		2023
Volume:		20211029
Issue:		4
Page Number:		8563 - 8581
DOI:		10.1007/s11356-021-16409-6
ISSN/ISBN:		1614-7499 (Electronic) 0944-1344 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The 5% addition of biochar in composting in rows contributes significantly to reducing volatile organic compound(VOC) emissions. When composting with the addition of biochar, the average temperature increased by 13 +/- 6.7 degrees C during the whole period, and the thermophilic phase was extended by 11 days. The higher temperature supported a reduction in the time necessary for achieving the biological stability observed by the oxygen uptake rate by more than 10 days. For organic compounds formed by the degradation of easily degradable primary components (proteins), the addition of biochar significantly reduces the release of organic compounds with heterocyclically bound nitrogen (N(org)-VOCs) and volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs). The end of the biodegradation process is indicated by a decrease in VOC concentrations below initial values in the input material. This state was achieved in the compost with added biochar after 47 days, while in compost without added biochar, it lasted 60 days"
Keywords:		*Composting *Volatile Organic Compounds Soil Charcoal Nitrogen/analysis Biochar Compost Composting Terpenes VOCs;
Notes:		"MedlineRaclavska, Helena Ruzickova, Jana Raclavsky, Konstantin Juchelkova, Dagmar Kucbel, Marek Svedova, Barbora Slamova, Karolina Kacprzak, Malgorzata eng SS03010311 'Optimization of properties and utilization of reclamation substrates based on sewage sludge and other suitable waste materials in accordance with the principles of circular economics'/technology agency of the czech republic/ the EnviSafeBioC project - contract No PPI/APM/2018/1/00029/U/001/polish national agency for academic exchange/ Germany 2021/10/31 Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jan; 30(4):8563-8581. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-16409-6. Epub 2021 Oct 29"