Developing value-added material from carbonaceous waste to be used in electrochemically assisted adsorption processes (EAP)

应急废物解决方案公司是不列颠哥伦比亚省拥有和运营的一家公司，开发一种新的经济型热解技术(ATS)，以从生物质废物中生产增值化学品(如生物炭)。到目前为止，生产的生物炭材料已用于土壤改良和水或空气处理应用。目前，EWS正在将其ATS技术商业化，以大规模生产生物炭(500-2000 kg h-1)；在基于静电力的高端吸附专用应用中寻求新的潜在市场，用于储能和废水处理。与成本和复杂的制备方法(如碳纳米管)竞争的碳基材料相比，EWS的生物炭为基于成本效益的静电吸附过程提供了理想的潜力。然而，用于静电吸附的生物炭样品的主要缺点是比表面积小和导电性差。

Emergent Waste Solutions is a BC owned and operated company developing a novel economical thermolysis technology (ATS) to produce value-added chemicals (e.g., biochar) from biomass waste. The produced biochar material has been used for soil amendment and water or air treatment applications so far. Currently, EWS is commercializing their ATS technology to produce biochar at large scale (500-2000 kg h-1); new potential market is sought in high-end adsorption-specific applications based on electrostatic forces for energy storage and wastewater treatment purposes. EWS' biochar offers desirable potential for the electrostatic adsorption processes based on its cost-effectiveness comparing to competitive carbon-based material with costly and complicated preparation methods (e.g., carbon nanotubes). Yet, the major drawbacks of biochar samples to be used for electrostatic adsorption applications are low surface area and poor electrical conductivity.