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Table 2 Coefficients (R2) of the examined models and the rate constants for N and P release kinetics from co-pyrolysed biochar based fertilisers

From: Sorption of urea hydrogen peroxide by co-pyrolysed bone meal and cow dung slowed-down phosphorus and nitrogen releases but boosted agronomic efficiency

Kinetic models

N in Urea form

N in UHP form

Phosphorus

CDTP

CDBM 1

CDBM 2

CDTP

CDBM 1

CDBM 2

TSP

CDTP

BC

CDBM 1

CDBM 2

Zero order \({[A]}_{t} ={[A]}_{0}-{k}_{0}t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.239

0.195

0.218

0.168

0.138

0.209

0.283

0.386

0.197

0.816

0.894

\({\mathrm{k}}_{0}\)

−3.5733

−3.6761

−3.8937

−3.6511

−3.1932

−3.2819

−0.0785

−0.0142

−0.0004

−2 × 10–5

−7 × 10–5

First order \({Log [A]}_{t} ={Log [A]}_{0}- \frac{{k}_{1}}{2.303}*t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.417

0.417

0.523

0.382

0.252

0.356

0.493

0.622

0.387

0.876

0.939

 \({\mathrm{k}}_{1}\)

−0.0398

−0.0449

−0.0544

−0.0488

−0.0401

−0.0539

−0.0039

−0.0016

−0.0037

−0.0009

−0.0018

Pseudo first order \(In \left({q}_{e}-{q}_{t}\right)=In {q}_{e}-{k}_{1b}*t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.995

0.987

0.981

0.976

0.998

0.971

0.924

0.984

0.930

0.979

0.956

 \({\mathrm{k}}_{1\mathrm{b}}\)

−0.1079

−0.0787

−0.0825

−0.0659

−0.0952

−0.0675

−0.0050

−0.0035

−0.0052

−0.0029

−0.003

Second order \(\frac{1}{{ [A]}_{t}}=\frac{1}{{\left[A\right]}_{0}}+{k}_{2}t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.659

0.737

0.873

0.755

0.528

0.587

0.866

0.841

0.707

0.926

0.918

 \({\mathrm{k}}_{2}\)

0.0006

0.0008

0.0012

0.0012

0.0010

0.0015

0.0005

0.0002

0.0941

0.0375

1.1084

Pseudo second order \(\frac{t}{{q}_{t}}= \frac{1}{{{k}_{2b}*q}_{e}^{2}}+\frac{1}{{q}_{e}}*t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.995

0.996

0.997

0.996

0.995

0.998

1.000

0.992

1.000

0.991

0.993

 \({\mathrm{q}}_{\mathrm{e}}\)

997.33

914.29

866.67

800.00

654.78

644.83

303.03

135.86

1.59

0.48

0.92

 \({\mathrm{k}}_{2\mathrm{b}}\)

0.00025

0.00030

0.00035

0.00041

0.00057

0.00062

0.00019

0.00010

0.05472

0.0165

0.0099

Elovich \({q}_{t}=\frac{1}{\beta }In (\alpha \beta )+\frac{1}{\beta } In t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.990

0.984

0.984

0.985

0.979

0.980

0.840

0.983

0.762

0.971

0.819

Power function \(ln {q}_{t}=In k+v In t\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.988

0.985

0.980

0.989

0.991

0.957

0.710

0.976

0.654

0.969

0.966

Parabolic diffusion \({q}_{t}=A+C*{t}^{1/2}\)

\({\mathbf{R}}^{2}\)

0.968

0.959

0.946

0.961

0.975

0.972

0.629

0.957

0.559

0.972

0.956

  1. R2 values (in bold) are an important indication of the strength of the fit to the different kinetic models by the tested BFs fertilisers
  2. \({[{\varvec{A}}]}_{{\varvec{t}}}\) is the concentration of N or P at time t, \({[{\varvec{A}}]}_{0}\) is the initial concentration of N or P, \({{\varvec{q}}}_{{\varvec{t}}}\) is the cumulative concentration of N or P at time t, \({{\varvec{q}}}_{{\varvec{e}}}\) is the cumulative quantity of N or P obtained at equilibrium of the experiment, \({[A]}_{t}\) = \({{\varvec{q}}}_{{\varvec{t}}2}-{{\varvec{q}}}_{{\varvec{t}}1}\) where qt2 is the cumulative concentration of N or P at the current sampling and qt1 is the cumulative concentration of N or P at the preceding sampling 
  3. BC bone char, TSP triple superphosphate, CDBM 1 75% cow dung + 25% bone meal (3:1 mixture), CDBM 2 50% cow dung + 50% bone meal (1:1 mixture), CDTP 75% cow dung + 25% bone meal.