TY - JOUR
T1 - Prediction of Soil Heavy Metal Immobilization by Biochar Using Machine Learning
AU - Palansooriya, Kumuduni N.
AU - Li, Jie
AU - Dissanayake, Pavani D.
AU - Suvarna, Manu
AU - Li, Lanyu
AU - Yuan, Xiangzhou
AU - Sarkar, Binoy
AU - Tsang, Daniel C.W.
AU - Rinklebe, Jörg
AU - Wang, Xiaonan
AU - Ok, Yong Sik
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was carried out with the support of the Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science and Technology Development (Project No. PJ01475801) from Rural Development Administration, the Republic of Korea. This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1A2C2011734). This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2021R1A6A1A10045235). The authors acknowledge the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) program.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/4/5
Y1 - 2022/4/5
N2 - Biochar application is a promising strategy for the remediation of contaminated soil, while ensuring sustainable waste management. Biochar remediation of heavy metal (HM)-contaminated soil primarily depends on the properties of the soil, biochar, and HM. The optimum conditions for HM immobilization in biochar-amended soils are site-specific and vary among studies. Therefore, a generalized approach to predict HM immobilization efficiency in biochar-amended soils is required. This study employs machine learning (ML) approaches to predict the HM immobilization efficiency of biochar in biochar-amended soils. The nitrogen content in the biochar (0.3-25.9%) and biochar application rate (0.5-10%) were the two most significant features affecting HM immobilization. Causal analysis showed that the empirical categories for HM immobilization efficiency, in the order of importance, were biochar properties > experimental conditions > soil properties > HM properties. Therefore, this study presents new insights into the effects of biochar properties and soil properties on HM immobilization. This approach can help determine the optimum conditions for enhanced HM immobilization in biochar-amended soils.
AB - Biochar application is a promising strategy for the remediation of contaminated soil, while ensuring sustainable waste management. Biochar remediation of heavy metal (HM)-contaminated soil primarily depends on the properties of the soil, biochar, and HM. The optimum conditions for HM immobilization in biochar-amended soils are site-specific and vary among studies. Therefore, a generalized approach to predict HM immobilization efficiency in biochar-amended soils is required. This study employs machine learning (ML) approaches to predict the HM immobilization efficiency of biochar in biochar-amended soils. The nitrogen content in the biochar (0.3-25.9%) and biochar application rate (0.5-10%) were the two most significant features affecting HM immobilization. Causal analysis showed that the empirical categories for HM immobilization efficiency, in the order of importance, were biochar properties > experimental conditions > soil properties > HM properties. Therefore, this study presents new insights into the effects of biochar properties and soil properties on HM immobilization. This approach can help determine the optimum conditions for enhanced HM immobilization in biochar-amended soils.
KW - biochar
KW - graphical user interface
KW - heavy metal
KW - machine learning models
KW - soil remediation
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.est.1c08302
DO - 10.1021/acs.est.1c08302
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35289167
AN - SCOPUS:85128159790
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 56
SP - 4187
EP - 4198
JO - Environmental Science and Technology
JF - Environmental Science and Technology
IS - 7
ER -