Webinar Series - Joint presentation on "Non-agricultural Applications of Biosolids Biochar"
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Updated April 2025
This joint presentation is part of our ongoing webinar series being undertaken as part of the IWN Webinar Series Circular Economy – Solids stream.
This on-line webinar is on 2 May 2025 at 12.00pm-1.00pm AEST
The recording of this webinar can be found via the IWN members site .
Below is the Flyer that was published for this event:
Non-agricultural Applications of Biosolids Biochar
As part of Project 2C of the ARC Transforming Biosolids Training Centre, a range of non-agricultural applications of biosolids biochar within and outside the water sector has been explored and results are really promising.
The Project involved comprehensive literature reviews, development of TOPSIS tool for shortlisting biochar applications, experimental investigations of about eight promising applications, fate of contaminants, techno-commercial feasibility, and factsheet development for biosolids biochar application.
This webinar will discuss details of few biochar applications, focusing on nutrient recovery from digester effluent and H2S removal from biogas as these applications demonstrate real circular economy solutions for the water sector.
Experimental findings will be presented including plans for scale up and pilot demonstration. Lastly, ongoing works and future research perspectives will be highlighted.
About the speakers
Dr Mojtaba Hedayati was a postdoctoral research assistant at RMIT University for Project 2C. He developed TOPSIS tool and focused on biochar use for nutrient recovery. He is currently with Rio Tinto Technical Development Centre. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from RMIT with research focused on hydrothermal treatment of wet wastes.
Dr Arun Vuppaladadiyam was also a postdoctoral research assistant for Project 2C and focused on focusing on developing biochar/hydrochar from biosolids for H2S removal from biogas. He is now a lecturer in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University.
Dr Ibrahim Hakeem is a research assistant at RMIT University and currently leading the project in the Transforming Biosolids Training Centre.