Contribution to waste valorisation by producing biochars for different environmental purposes

• Autores: Ruth Saiz Rubio
• Directores de la Tesis: Felipe Macías Vázquez (dir. tes.), Marta Camps Arbestain (codir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ( España ) en 2018
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Roque Ortiz Silla (presid.), Esperanza Álvarez Rodríguez (secret.), Maria Manuela Martins de Carvalho (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Materias:
  • Ciencias de la tierra y del espacio
    • Ciencias del suelo
      • Conservación de suelos
  • Ciencias tecnológicas
    • Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente
      • Eliminación de residuos
      • Control de la contaminación del agua
    • Tecnología energética
      • Fuentes no convencionales de energía
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: MINERVA
• Resumen

  • Within the context of global change, the growing world population is placing ever-increasing demands on food and energy resources while also generating huge amounts of waste that are often not managed properly. Pyrolysis of waste materials to produce biochar is an excellent and suitable means of supporting a circular bio-based economy. Biochar is a solid material produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass in the absence of oxygen, which has a high organic C content and is highly resistant to decomposition. This research evaluated the potential use of biochar to address environmental problems, such as global change, by improving soil properties, decontaminating degraded areas and reducing the C footprint of industrial processes.