Presentation of a Possible Bio-Char Facility

This is a presentation brought to you to show how easy it would be to build a viable bio-char facility in your area. It will take you through an information session, a description of the manufacture process, and finally an explanation of some possible power systems for the facility.

The World needs changes for the good and facilities like this can help to do make that change possible.

Enjoy.

On a small scale this is the safest and best setup that I have seen. The only difference I would make is to have the exhaust pipes come off the bottom so the oils and tars could also escape and be burnt during the process.

http://www.twinoaksforge.com/BLADSMITHING/MAKING%20CHARCOAL.htm

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Bio
• Char
• Charcoal
• environment
• resources
• scrap
• wood
• bark
• waste
• leaves
• twigs
• soil
• terra
• Preta
• loam
• topsoil
• manufacture
• heat
• money
• loans
• investment
• public
• crops
• community
• municipal
• landfill
• management
• cardboard
• 'bio-char'
• 'terra-Preta'
• pellets
• 'bio-waste'
• 'bio-mass'
• ash
• foundry
• kiln
• blacksmith
• ancient
• technology
• fortification
• ferilization
• fertilize
• agriculture
• agri
• 'agri
• char'
• agri-char

[takadi]

Is it true that biochar soils are so biologically active that it actually reproduces more soil after you take a chunk of it out?

[Stormrunner0002]

@takadi I would say that the soil is micro-organisms reproduce to give the illusion that more soil is being produced. Also, being that there is more micro-organisms in the soil with the char, more rough waste can be reduced by them to produce soil. These micro-organism also reduce rough waste to a form which worms can eat so they will proliforate causing casings and urine (nutrients) to be added to the mix.

So, at the end of the day, I guess the real answer to your question is yes it does

[takadi]

@Stormrunner0002

Yea I was actually doing a paper on this and they say that they actually harvest these amazonian terra preta soils to sell as potting soil and as long as there a good foot left of terra preta, it can regenerate itself to its original capacity of about 10 feet deep. I wasn't too sure on the science of how it worked but people speculate it has to do with the mycorrhizal activity. If this is true, making an area into biochar could potentially render it as a permanent carbon sink.

[Stormrunner0002]

@takadi

The thing about the micro-organisms doing the work is that it is assentially the same as composting. You would require the steady (yearly) supply of new rough waste, such as leaves. There is also a  release of Green House gases as the waste is decomposed. This is an undesirable aspect to composting. It is good for the soil, but poorer for the air.

[tigerone1970]

Here is a video I found of what is claimed as traditional Mayan charcoal making:

watch?v=uKAAYHBHgxA

8 februari 2009

A visit to Esperanza, Quintana Roo, with Albert Bates, for a look at the traditional Mayan style of charcoal production.

[Stormrunner0002]

This is one way of making it, but we don't really know if it is the way they made it. The Indians in indian also make charcoal this way in some regions when the char is destined for cooking fuel. The farmers in the same regions still slash and burn the field trash though.

Was it the way of their ancestors though? We would like to say 'We Know' but we really don't know for sure. We just know that char in the ground makes excellent soil that lasts.

[KingRyltar]

@Stormrunner0002

The CO2 issue, about being bad for the environment is a myth and a shame.

However, more carbon in the soil and near ground level (where carbon dioxide hovers) Is good for plants, and they will grow more abundantly. Further absorbing CO2 while the sun is up.

Don't follow Al Gores words, seeing as he thought long and hard with planning his financial future. Investing in the scam, he has tried hard to put out.

CO2 is the atmosphere is not our enemy, it is a natural process.

[tappakeggaday1]

I am so glad you laid this out, I have been thinking of this idea from the first time I watched a video on pelleting machines and also videos about bio char and to me it seems like it would be the perfect size for putting into the soil after pyrolysis.mixed with worm castings to pre charge the char would really benefit plant growth,as i have watched videos where they use cow manure to worms for castings for the best possible fertilizer.keep up the good work,look forward to more from your post!

[Stormrunner0002]

FRom my understanding they figure they used the kilns and ovens which they used the cook and produce pottery. The would fill the oven and allow it to sit over night in the oven. It may have been a type of insulation for them to help hold the heat for the next days cooking.

[tigerone1970]

and you have biochar if everything goes well.

This pit and the soil could then be used over and over, to create large amounts of biochar.

You have to wonder how the Amazon Indians did it, without the benefit of oil barrels.