Biochemchar and Poduculture: From Food to Waste to Fertile Soil
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00M8JIPVM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 596 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
ellen foster said scholarly- not easy reading. This is a scholarly and short discussion about biochar. I'm a scientists, but still would not recommend it unless you were working on a PhD or was otherwise very engaged in the topic
This is the ChemChar gasification process developed by the author in the late 1980s, first used for the destruction of refractory organic wastes such as PCBs and later extended to the gasification and production of carbon from crop residues. After about 2005 there developed a strong interest in biochar as a means of soil enrichment in the United States and other countries.This book discusses the uses of biochar prepared by a gasification process that maximizes the production of carbon. ChemChar gasification of wastewater treatment biosolids leaves a solid residue consisting of carbon and mineral matter called biochemchar and produces a combustible gas product, which can be used to generate power, making the process energy self-sufficient. Biochar-enriched soil, known as terra preta, has been produced deliberately by humans in centuries past, most notably in South America where Inca Indians prepared it for terraces upon which they grew crops in the challenging conditions of the Andes Mountains. Formerly patented as the ChemChar gasification process for the destruction of wastes and the reactivation of spent activated carbon, the carbon product of this process is called biochemchar.One of the major uses of the ChemChar gasification process is the gasification of biosolids (dewatered sewge sludge) consisting of th