Hydrogen production and heavy metal immobilization using hyperaccumulators in supercritical water gasification
Hydrogen production and heavy metal immobilization using hyperaccumulators in supercritical water gasification
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超临界水气化中使用超富集器的氢气生产和重金属固定化
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123541
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发表时间:
2021-01-15
影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Lam, Su Shiung
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作者:
Su, Wei;Liu, Ping;Lam, Su Shiung
The dispersion of hyperaccumulators used in the phytoremediation process has caused environmental concerns because of their heavy metal (HM) richness. It is important to reduce the environmental risks and prevent the HM to reenter the ecological cycle and thereby the human food web. In this work, supercritical water gasification (SCWG) technology was used to convert Sedum plumbizincicola into hydrogen (H2) gas and to immobilize HMs into biochar. The H2 production correlated with temperature ranging from 380 to 440 degrees C with the highest H2 yield of 2.74 mol/kg at 440 degrees C. The free-radical reaction and steam reforming reaction at high temperatures were likely to be the mechanism behind the H2 production. The analyses of bio-oil by the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) illustrated that the aromatic compounds, oxygenated compounds, and phenols were degraded into H2-rich gases. The increase of temperature enhanced the HM immobilization efficiency (>99.2 % immobilization), which was probably due to the quickly formed biochar that helped adsorb HMs. Then those HMs were chemically converted into stable forms through complexation with inorganic components on biochar, e.g., silicates, SiO2, and Al2O3. Consequently, the SCWG process was demonstrated as a promising approach for dispersing hyperaccumulators by immobilizing the hazardous HMs into biochar and simultaneously producing value-added H2-rich gases.