BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.345-365
Pierre-Yves Bloch, Konrad Olejnik, Jean-Francis Bloch, Alexandre Bloch, Jules Hammond, Daniel Brissaud
{"title":"Time scales of spontaneous imbibition into porous material: From classic models to papers applications","authors":"Pierre-Yves Bloch, Konrad Olejnik, Jean-Francis Bloch, Alexandre Bloch, Jules Hammond, Daniel Brissaud","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.345-365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.345-365","url":null,"abstract":"Flow and spontaneous imbibition phenomena in porous media are important for various industrial applications, including printing and medical lateral flow assays. Their quantitative characterization is important to better understand and select the appropriate raw materials. However, standard methods often require time-consuming tests, and/or expensive equipment. Different time scales must be considered, limiting the range of possible characterization tools. A novel experimental approach based on image analysis for characterizing spontaneous imbibition processes is presented. Hence, ultra-fast diffusion may be quantitatively characterized. Models are issued from the literature to consider physical phenomena at small (milliseconds) and medium range (seconds) of time scales. The obtained experimental data fit with theoretical results, providing valuable insights into the understanding of fluid flow behavior at different time scales. Furthermore, the identification of some physical properties for either the fluid, or the substrate, based on the theoretical models are possible, as the contact angle, which remains to be otherwise challenging. This study contributes to bridging the gap between spontaneous imbibition and capillary phenomena at different time scales, their modeling, and a characterization of material and/or fluid properties paving the way for enhanced understanding and control of fluid behavior in porous media. Different papers are considered to illustrate the method.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"51 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-15DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.257-275
Tibamba Mathew Tichem, Youbao Wang, Raphael B. H. Gameli, Bawa Mbage, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Nannan Wang, Li Bing
{"title":"Mono and simultaneous adsorption of aldrin and toxic metals from aqueous solution using rice husk biochar","authors":"Tibamba Mathew Tichem, Youbao Wang, Raphael B. H. Gameli, Bawa Mbage, Abudu Ballu Duwiejuah, Nannan Wang, Li Bing","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.257-275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.257-275","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research has explored the potential of rice husk biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of contaminants from aqueous solutions, including aldrin, mercury (Hg2+), lead (Pb2+), and cadmium (Cd2+). Experimentation involved adding varying doses of biochar to wastewater with different contamination levels, agitating the mixture for 60 min, and filtering the solutions for analysis. The experiment revealed impressive removal efficiencies: 100% for aldrin, 99.92% – 99.99% for Hg2+, 95.90% – 99.52% for Pb2+, and 88.60% – 99.46% for Cd2+. In binary and quaternary mixtures, Hg2+ showed higher removal efficiency than Pb2+ and Cd2+, with the exception of aldrin. The adsorption order was identified as aldrin > Hg2+ > Pb2+ > Cd2+. The Freundlich adsorption isotherm best described heavy metals in the mono and quaternary component adsorption, while the Langmuir adsorption isotherm was a better fit for the binary component. Consequently, the study highlights rice husk biochar as an efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly option for wastewater treatment.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"52 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139275462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-15DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.288-305
Qing Wang, Jinxiang Hua, Jinguang Hu, Li Zhao, Mei Huang, Dong Tian, Yongmei Zeng, Shi-huai Deng, Fei Shen, Xinquan Zhang
{"title":"Artificial neural network modeling to predict the efficiency of phosphoric acid-hydrogen peroxide pretreatment of wheat straw","authors":"Qing Wang, Jinxiang Hua, Jinguang Hu, Li Zhao, Mei Huang, Dong Tian, Yongmei Zeng, Shi-huai Deng, Fei Shen, Xinquan Zhang","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.288-305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.288-305","url":null,"abstract":"Phosphoric acid-hydrogen peroxide (PHP) pretreatment is an effective method to obtain a cellulose-enriched fraction from biomass. In this study, artificial neural network (ANN) was used to predict PHP pretreatment efficiency of cellulose content (C-C), cellulose recovery (C-Ry), hemicellulose removal (H-Rl), and lignin removal (L-Rl) under various conditions of pretreatment time (t), temperature (T), H3PO4 concentration (Cp), and H2O2 concentration (Ch). The final optimized topology structure of the ANN models had 1 hidden layers with 9 neurons for C-C and 10 neurons for C-Ry, 10 neurons for H-Rl, and 12 neurons for L-Rl. The actual testing data fit the predicted data with R2 values ranging from 0.8070 to 0.9989. The relative importance (RI) revealed that Cp and Ch were significant factors influencing the efficiency of PHP pretreatment with total RI values ranging from 12% to 62.6%. However, their weights for the three components of biomass were different. The value of T dominated hemicellulose removal effectiveness with an RI value of 78.6%, while t did not seem to be a main factor dominating PHP pretreatment efficiency. The results of this study provide insights into the convenient development and optimization of biomass pretreatment from ANN modeling perspectives.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139275305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-15DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.276-287
Olga Mamaeva, Elena Isaeva
{"title":"Composition of alcohol extracts from poplar leaves (Populus balsamifera L.)","authors":"Olga Mamaeva, Elena Isaeva","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.276-287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.276-287","url":null,"abstract":"The group composition of alcohol extracts from balsamic poplar leaves Populus balsamifera L, growing in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk (Russia) were examined in this work. Leaves selected in different phases of the growing season were used: June, July, August – fresh, September – fallen leaves. Poplar leaves contain up to 56% of extractive substances, alcohol-soluble substances account for up to 67% of the extract amount. Alcohol extracts were fractionated using solvents with increasing polarity: petroleum ether (boiling point 40 to 70 °C), diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, butanol. The results showed that the alcohol extracts of poplar leaves are dominated by substances extracted with ethyl acetate (up to 60%). The study of the component composition of volatile compounds of individual fractions of alcohol extracts was performed on an Agilent chromatography-mass spectrometer. The presence of various groups of compounds was established: hydrocarbons, alcohols, acids, ketones, etc., including biologically active substances such as megasterol acetate, ℽ-sitosterol, sitosterol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecene-1-ol, diethyltoluamide, 4-methoxy-3-nitrobiphenyl, and other compounds that it can be used in different applications.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"104 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139273914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Near-infrared lignin model transfer: A study based on SWCSS-CARS coupling algorithm","authors":"Zhijian Liu, Honghong Wang, Zhi-xin Xiong, Yunchao Hu, Haoran Huang, Ying Wang, Xianzhi Wu, Long Liang","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.245-256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.245-256","url":null,"abstract":"In NIR spectral modeling, the method of screening wavelengths with consistent stable signals (SWCSS) is based on a standard-free algorithm. However, the wavelengths selected by SWCSS may contain invalid information. In this paper, the Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling (CARS) wavelength optimization algorithm was used in conjunction with SWCSS to eliminate the uninformative variables in the wavelengths selected by SWCSS. The SWCSS-CARS method was based on three near-infrared spectrometers (Lengguang 1, Lengguang 2, and Lengguang 3), with Lengguang 1 as the master and the other two instruments as the targets, using a total of 84 sample spectra of five types of pulpwood and their lignin contents as the research objects. Compared with the full spectrum, the number of wavelengths was reduced from 1601 to 24 in the model built using the coupling algorithm. For target 1, the value of RPD was improved from 1.9247 to 3.1880; for target 2, t the value of RPD was improved from 1.7415 to 3.2508. The wavelengths selected by the SWCSS-CARS coupling algorithm were able to build stable, robust models.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139276716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.210-227
Jiaxiang Wang, Luqi Wang, Yueyao Li
{"title":"Ecological stoichiometry within plant organs of four forest trees in Sygera National Forest","authors":"Jiaxiang Wang, Luqi Wang, Yueyao Li","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.210-227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.210-227","url":null,"abstract":"Four typical forest types in Sygera Mountain, namely, Pinus armandii (PA), Picea likiangensis var. linzhiensis (PLL), Abies georgei var. smithii (AGS), and Juniperus saltuaria (JS) were considered using methods such as analysis of variance and stoichiometry. Effects of changes of nutrient content and stoichiometric ratio of various organs of arbor plants were evaluated. Compared with global plant nutrients, this study area had lower N and P contents. The growth of the Juniperus saltuaria forest was jointly restricted by N and P, and as the environmental gradient decreased, the growth of the other three forest types changed from N and P joint restrictions to N restrictions. The distribution order of element content in various organs among different forest types was consistent as follows: leaf>branch>root>trunk. There was a strong domestication reaction between N and P contents. This led to a significantly higher C/N ratio of the square branch Berlin compared to the other three forest types, while the C/P and N/P ratios were opposite. This may be due to the “optimal allocation principle” of nutrients in various organs under different environmental conditions. The nutrient allocation patterns of plant organs in different forest types were not the same, which reflects the differences in life strategies and nutrient utilization among different forest species.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139277762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.228-244
Abigayl Novak, Ling Li, Jay Wason, Jinwu Wang, Yong-Jiang Zhang
{"title":"Characterization and modification of biochar from a combined heat and power (CHP) plant for amending sandy soils collected from wild blueberry fields","authors":"Abigayl Novak, Ling Li, Jay Wason, Jinwu Wang, Yong-Jiang Zhang","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.228-244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.228-244","url":null,"abstract":"Wild (or lowbush) blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) undergo severe drought impacts due to climate warming because they grow in sandy soils with poor water retention. The feasibility was studied for using biochar in a forest biomass-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) plant to amend the sandy soils. The chemico-physical properties (e.g., bulk density, moisture content, porosity, pH) of the biochar were measured. An acid treatment method (1% to 3% acidic or citric acid solution) was developed to decrease the biochar pH from 11.4 to neutral or lower, aiming to aid in weed control in wild blueberry fields. The water holding capacity (WHC) of sandy soils (S) mixed with biochar (B) (Type I) and sandy soils mixed with both biochar and fertilizer (Type II) at four ratios of 100S:0B (control), 50S:50B, 30S:70B, and 10S:90B were measured. The biochar generated from the CHP plant had comparable physical properties (such as bulk density, porosity, pH, and surface area) with woody biochar made from pyrolysis. The acid treatment method significantly lowered the pH to a range of 5.0 to 6.5. The 50:50 mixing ratio for both Type I and Type II increased the water holding capacity by about 20% compared with control groups.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"346 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139277793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-10DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.195-209
Yan Mao, Li Huang, Zhiqiang Hao, Hongge Tao, Chunyao Qing, Shengyong Liu, Guangtao Wang, Qingyan Ma
{"title":"Experimental study on modified fruit shell carbon for methane adsorption and decarbonization","authors":"Yan Mao, Li Huang, Zhiqiang Hao, Hongge Tao, Chunyao Qing, Shengyong Liu, Guangtao Wang, Qingyan Ma","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.195-209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.195-209","url":null,"abstract":"Modification of activated carbon has the potential to improve its adsorption and separation capacity. Different concentrations of ammonia (6%, 9%, 12%, 15%) and treatment times (4 h, 6 h, 8 h, 10 h) were used to modify jujube shell carbon and coconut shell carbon in ultrasonic washing equipment. Biogas adsorption experiments were carried out with modified activated carbon to study the effect of adsorption and decarbonization on activated carbon surface functional groups. After modification, the surface alkaline functional groups of activated carbon increased, the acidic functional groups decreased, and the adsorption performance of CO2 was enhanced. In addition, the specific surface area and total pore volume of activated carbon decreased, the average pore size increased, and the degree of graphitization increased. In the experimental research range, under ultrasonic conditions, jujube shell carbon impregnated with 12% ammonia water for 4 h and coconut shell carbon impregnated with 9% ammonia water for 10 h had the best modification effect. The adsorption capacity for CO2 was 1.83 and 1.745 mmol/g, respectively, which increased by 0.8 mmol/g and 0.599 mmol/g, respectively, compared with the unmodified sample.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"30 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139280504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-10DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.160-182
Y. Lee, T. Lee, H. Kim
{"title":"Classification analysis of copy papers using infrared spectroscopy and machine learning modeling","authors":"Y. Lee, T. Lee, H. Kim","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.160-182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.160-182","url":null,"abstract":"The evaluation and classification of chemical properties in different copy-paper products could significantly help address document forgery. This study analyzes the feasibility of utilizing infrared spectroscopy in conjunction with machine learning algorithms for classifying copy-paper products. A dataset comprising 140 infrared spectra of copy-paper samples was collected. The classification models employed in this study include partial least squares-discriminant analysis, support vector machine, and K-nearest neighbors. The key findings indicate that a classification model based on the use of attenuated-total-reflection infrared spectroscopy demonstrated good performance, highlighting its potential as a valuable tool in accurately classifying paper products and ensuring assisting in solving criminal cases involving document forgery.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"68 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139280283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioresourcesPub Date : 2023-11-10DOI: 10.15376/biores.19.1.183-194
Harun Diler, Sefa Durmaz, Mehmer Acar, Ugur Aras, Y. Z. Erdil
{"title":"The effect of vermiculite on flame retardancy, physical and mechanical properties of wood plastic composites","authors":"Harun Diler, Sefa Durmaz, Mehmer Acar, Ugur Aras, Y. Z. Erdil","doi":"10.15376/biores.19.1.183-194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.19.1.183-194","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of expanded vermiculite (e-VMT) was evaluated relative to the physical, mechanical, and flame retardancy performance of flat-pressed wood plastic composites (WPCs). Various contents of e-VMT (2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 15%) were added instead of wood flour (WF) to the matrix. Due to the hydrophilic nature of the WF, water absorption (WA) and thickness swelling (TS) of WPCs increased as compared to neat polymer-based panels. Meanwhile, e-VMT incorporation limited the WA and TS values. As expected, the lowest WA and TS values were obtained from the highest e-VMT-reinforced WPCs. The addition of e-VMT was also found to enhance the mechanical properties of WPCs. As the e-VMT content increased and the WF content decreased, there was an improvement in flexural strength, modulus of elasticity (MOE), and tensile strength. Compared to the neat polymer panels, the MOE of WPCs increased by up to 77%. Additionally, the flame retardancy performance of WPCs improved with e-VMT reinforcement, with limiting oxygen index (LOI) values increasing up to 24%. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images also demonstrated the favorable integration of e-VMT with matrix, thereby improving the mechanical properties. The inconsistency between WF and polymer was also well-observed, highlighting the tendency of WF to interact easily with water.","PeriodicalId":9172,"journal":{"name":"Bioresources","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139280398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}