IRON MODIFIED BIOCHAR FOR AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL

?Soil contamination is the most crucial reason for fertile soil depletion, an issue that demands effective solutions. Thus, the design and produce of engineered biochar with novel structures and surface properties are required for efficient soil remediation. The challenge is achieving the desired characteristics of soil quality improvement and pollution control capacity cost-effectively. In this proposed project, different forms and species of iron minerals will be engineered to biochar as reactive agent to increase biochar's capacity for agricultural pollution sorption and transformations. This research will gain insight into the biochar engineering method to achieve desired characteristics for agricultural soil protection. The research would focus on 1) assessing the antibiotics sorption ability and mechanisms of various iron modified biochars produced from agricultural residues; 2) naming the fundamental processes affecting biochar as an amendment to reduce leaching of pollutants in soils irrigated with recycled water; and 3) evaluating transformation of contaminants in soil amended with biochars under the influence of microbial communities and crop growth.