TY - JOUR
T1 - Pine sawdust biomass and biochars at different pyrolysis temperatures change soil redox processes
AU - Awad, Yasser Mahmoud
AU - Ok, Yong Sik
AU - Abrigata, Jens
AU - Beiyuan, Jingzi
AU - Beckers, Felix
AU - Tsang, Daniel C.W.
AU - Rinklebe, Jörg
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) ( NRF-2015R1A2A2A11001432 ) and by 2015 Research Grant from Kangwon National University (No. 520160387 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - To date, no investigation has been carried out to explore the effects of biochars produced at different pyrolysis temperatures on the dynamics of redox potential (EH) and pH in a contaminated floodplain soil. Thus, we aimed to quantify the dynamics of EH and pH in contaminated flooded soils treated with 70 t ha− 1 of pine sawdust biomass (S&BM) and biochars pyrolyzed at 300 °C (S&BC300) and 550 °C (S&BC550) and pre-incubated for 105 days in an automated biogeochemical microcosm system. Microbial community composition was also determined via analyzing phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA).We found that BC300 and BC550 treatments substantially decreased (3–6.5%) and BM increased (~ 37%) the mean of soil EH compared to the untreated contaminated soil (CS).·The largest EH decline in S&BC550 was at the rate of − 80 mV h− 1 at 10 h while it was observed at 25 h in S&BC300 and 20–25 h in S&BM or CS, respectively. At high EH, a higher total PLFA biomass and microbial groups in the CS (71–87%) were found in comparison to treated soils. Higher aromaticity and ash content in BC550 than BC300 and BM led to the greater PLFA biomass and microbial groups which contributed to higher capacity of accepting and donating electrons in soil slurry and were probably one reason for the largest decrease in EH. Pine sawdust biomass and BCs have a noticeable influence in soil biogeochemical processes relevant to fluctuating redox conditions.
AB - To date, no investigation has been carried out to explore the effects of biochars produced at different pyrolysis temperatures on the dynamics of redox potential (EH) and pH in a contaminated floodplain soil. Thus, we aimed to quantify the dynamics of EH and pH in contaminated flooded soils treated with 70 t ha− 1 of pine sawdust biomass (S&BM) and biochars pyrolyzed at 300 °C (S&BC300) and 550 °C (S&BC550) and pre-incubated for 105 days in an automated biogeochemical microcosm system. Microbial community composition was also determined via analyzing phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA).We found that BC300 and BC550 treatments substantially decreased (3–6.5%) and BM increased (~ 37%) the mean of soil EH compared to the untreated contaminated soil (CS).·The largest EH decline in S&BC550 was at the rate of − 80 mV h− 1 at 10 h while it was observed at 25 h in S&BC300 and 20–25 h in S&BM or CS, respectively. At high EH, a higher total PLFA biomass and microbial groups in the CS (71–87%) were found in comparison to treated soils. Higher aromaticity and ash content in BC550 than BC300 and BM led to the greater PLFA biomass and microbial groups which contributed to higher capacity of accepting and donating electrons in soil slurry and were probably one reason for the largest decrease in EH. Pine sawdust biomass and BCs have a noticeable influence in soil biogeochemical processes relevant to fluctuating redox conditions.
KW - Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA)
KW - Pine sawdust waste
KW - Pyrolytic temperature
KW - Redox potential
KW - Soil microbial community
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.194
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.194
M3 - Article
C2 - 29289000
AN - SCOPUS:85039431403
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 625
SP - 147
EP - 154
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
ER -