Development of hydrochars for the bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils

该项目的目标是生产，表征和评估从骨粉的水热碳化中获得的氢焦作为具有成本效益的材料，以提高与联邦合作社有限公司（FCL）合作的碳氢化合物污染土壤的生物修复率。该项目将在从生物质中获得的用于环境修复的先进材料领域产生新的应用研究知识，并扩大目前对生物修复和土壤改良剂之间相互作用的理解。从该项目中获得的知识将使FCL深入了解新型材料的关键化学和物理特性，以加强公司对碳氢化合物污染土壤的持续生物修复工作。这项研究将有助于减少加拿大公司和市政当局目前面临的与加拿大大约30 000个布朗菲尔德场地的场地退役义务有关的成本（目前超过400亿美元）。

The goal of this project is to produce, characterize and evaluate hydrochars obtained from the hydrothermal carbonization of bone meal as cost-effective materials to improve the rate of biological remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils in collaboration with Federated Cooperatives Limited (FCL). This project will generate new applied research knowledge in the area of advanced materials for environmental remediation obtained from biomass, and expand current understanding of the interactions between biological remediation and soil amendments. The knowledge gained from this project will provide FCL with in-depth understanding of key chemical and physical characteristics of novel materials to enhance the company's ongoing bioremediation efforts on hydrocarbon contaminated soils. This study will contribute to reducing the costs (currently over $40 billion) that Canadian companies and municipalities are currently facing related to site retirement obligations for approximately 30,000 brownfield sites across Canada.