[Stoves] Char
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rongretlarson at comcast.net
Sat May 28 15:58:29 CDT 2011
Tom and Frank:, stoves list (and adding "biochar-production" )
1. To Tom: Are you asking if one gets better compost at this higher temperature?
2. To Frank: This is the first time I have heard of "char" being produced at anything under about 300 C - usually 400 C and above. Can you clarify? I would think this dark product would disappear from the soil about as fast as any other compost. Even Torrification requires temperatures well above 70 o C. Although it would be great to hear more on this material in any case - which is maybe what Tom is asking.
One exception is that HTC (hydrothermal carbonization) (maybe called hydrochar) occurs at 230 o C (with corresponding high pressure, and a catalyst) - but might not be so recalcitrant either (recently reported - not sure) .
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>
To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:14:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Char
Frank,
Is there any benefit to the composting to char or heat part of the bagasse
first?
Tom
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[mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Frank Shields
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:53 AM
To: 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'
Subject: [Stoves] Char
Stover's,
Perhaps of interest, we test products for the Biodegradable Products
Institute and some are made from bagasse. When composted at low temperatures
< 45 deg C these products break down easily. But when composting
temperatures go to 70 deg C the bagasse chars and they remain as the same
structure (only darker) as the product we put in the compost. Proof that
charring is resistant to biodegradation.
Frank
Frank Shields
Control Laboratories, Inc.
42 Hangar Way
Watsonville, CA 95076
(831) 724-5422 tel
(831) 724-3188 fax
frank at compostlab.com
www.compostlab.com
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