This research explores the opportunities of combining energy production with a biochar soil management using a pyrolysis process. Real-world issues justify this approach: the need to provide sustainable production systems that minimize on- and off-site pollution and soil degradation; and the demand for solutions to global warming. The proposed technology is a pyrolysis process that yields gas, bio-oil and biochar. The composition and heating Value of the gas makes it Suitable for use as a fuel. The bio-oil obtained may be evaluated as an environmentally friendly green biofuel candidate. The biochar product is carbon-rich and a potential solid biofuel. Other ways it might be used as a C and N source in soil amendment. This is a key to securing environmental benefits: the production of a biochar which can be applied to soil. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, IthacaDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca
Lehmann J.
Gaunt J.
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GY Associates Ltd., HarpendenDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca
Gaunt J.
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Climate Change Program, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), CaliDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca
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Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, IthacaDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca
Lehmann J.
Gaunt J.
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GY Associates Ltd., HarpendenDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca
Gaunt J.
Rondon M.
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Climate Change Program, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), CaliDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca