{"title":"Biomass ash as a new potential rеsource of phosphorous for industry","authors":"S. Vassilev, C. Vassileva","doi":"10.52215/rev.bgs.2022.83.3.199","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The content and modes of occurrence of phosphorous (P) in eight biomass ashes (BAs) were studied. It was found that BAs are enriched in P as its concentration varies in the range 0.3–4.4% (mean 1.7%). The highest contents of P (>2 %) are characteristic of ashes produced from agricultural residues, namely plum pits, sunflower shells and corn cobs. It was identified that the modes of P occurrence in BAs are related mostly to apatite and whitlockite. Hence, BAs having renewable and C-neutral origin could be alternative and very perspective resource for the potential recovery of P and its utilization in industry in contrast to finite and non-renewable phosphate rocks.","PeriodicalId":40733,"journal":{"name":"Spisanie Na B Lgarskoto Geologichesko Druzhestov-Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Spisanie Na B Lgarskoto Geologichesko Druzhestov-Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2022.83.3.199","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The content and modes of occurrence of phosphorous (P) in eight biomass ashes (BAs) were studied. It was found that BAs are enriched in P as its concentration varies in the range 0.3–4.4% (mean 1.7%). The highest contents of P (>2 %) are characteristic of ashes produced from agricultural residues, namely plum pits, sunflower shells and corn cobs. It was identified that the modes of P occurrence in BAs are related mostly to apatite and whitlockite. Hence, BAs having renewable and C-neutral origin could be alternative and very perspective resource for the potential recovery of P and its utilization in industry in contrast to finite and non-renewable phosphate rocks.