Biochar

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Definition

Technical

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Biochar is considered to be the most stable form of organic carbon existing in the terrestrial environment[1].

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How To

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Application

Carbon Sequestration

Biochar has been identified as a key means of sequestering (removing and storing) carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the Earth's soil. A group of scientists published in Nature in 2019 identified Biochar as the negative emissions technology "at the highest technology readiness level."[1] According to their research, the global carbon sequestration potential of biochar (when also using potassium as a low-concentration additive) is over 2.6 billion tons of CO2/year.[1]

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Soil Amendment

As a soil amendment, Biochar is the simplest way to increase long-term soil organic carbon content in a form which can endure for thousands of years, as seen in the Amazonian Black Earth.

Additional benefits of Biochar for soil include improved soil texture, nutrient retention, cation exchange capacity,[2] water retention,[3] and microorganism habitat.[4]

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Feed Additive

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Water Filter

Charcoal has been a part of water treatment for at least 4000 years.[2] Biochar’s incredible porosity and surface area give it a high capacity to adsorb a wide variety of contaminants from water.[3]

Laboratory testing shows that biochar can effectively reduce contaminants including:

• Heavy metals like lead, copper, zinc, cadmium, cobalt, and nickel;

• Organics such as gasoline compounds and other volatile organics, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and some herbicides, pesticides and pharmaceuticals;

• Chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD);

• Nutrients such as phosphorus and ammonia;

• Totals suspended solids (TSS).[4]

A 2019 study in the Journal of Environmental Management Found that wastewater treatment using biochar in modified sand filters would be able to achieve a similar level of effectiveness in "significant microbe removal" and "reduce the land requirement for implementation of biochar in treatment facilities," helping overcome a "major constraint" to wastewater treatment on farms.[5]

How To

Video: https://youtu.be/kazEAzGWuIc

Manual: http://www.aqsolutions.org/images/2010/06/water-system-handbook.pdf

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Insulation

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Supercapacitor

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Asphalt

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Sources

[1] <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41953-0>

[2] <https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3211/pdf>

[3] <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2015.00733/full>

<https://biochar-international.org/>