[Gasification] [Digestion] Karve connecting Biochar and Biogas

[Paul Harris]

G'day All,

David House's book "The biogas handbook" has a bit about carbon and charcoal
and he does not seem to expect any assistance, possibly inhibition. I guess
a lot depends on how the carbon is prepared and what the substrate may be.

All the best,
HOOROO

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-----Original Message-----
From: back40 [mailto:back40 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 7 October 2011 6:03 AM
To: paul.harris at adelaide.edu.au; Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and
gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] [Digestion] Karve connecting Biochar and Biogas

I wonder if this is relevant:
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/10/05/soil-carbon/

"Michael Schmidt, a co-author of the Nature paper from the University
of Zurich, has already found that biochar, which is charred material
from wildfires or a kiln, is not stable as previously believed. It
also readily decomposes. Some scientists had believed that biochar
could be used to sequester carbon, but this may not be the case."