Biochar yield from water hyacinth biomass in the East Kolkata Wetlands, a Ramsar site

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dc.creatorMullick, A.
dc.creatorGhosh, Surajit
dc.creatorBhattacharyya, S.
dc.date2026-01-12
dc.date2026-01-22T12:57:17Z
dc.date2026-01-22T12:57:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:43:59Z
dc.descriptionThe East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), a robust yet fragile ecosystem, faces persistent ecological stress from the uncontrolled proliferation of the notoriously invasive water hyacinth (WH). In this study, we investigate a valorization pathway of converting waste into biochar through controlled pyrolysis, thereby transforming it into a product of both ecological and economic value. Freshly harvested hyacinth has a high moisture content (85–95%), but once dried, the biomass can be pyrolyzed to yield stable biochar. In our initial trials, WH harvested from two sites in the EKW yielded 9.7–13.1 g dry weight (on a 15% moisture basis), producing 0.93–2.80 g of biochar per 100 g of fresh biomass.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/180411
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163979
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMullick, A.; Ghosh, S.; Bhattacharyya, S. 2026. Biochar yield from water hyacinth biomass in the East Kolkata Wetlands, a Ramsar site. Harvard Dataverse, V1. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JAUIQT
dc.subjectbiochar
dc.subjectbiomass
dc.subjecteichhornia
dc.subjectpyrolysis
dc.subjectwetlands
dc.titleBiochar yield from water hyacinth biomass in the East Kolkata Wetlands, a Ramsar site
dc.typeDataset

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