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Stephen,<br>
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This information is on the <i><b>IBI Website:</b></i><br>
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<a href="http://www.biochar-international.org/profiles/china">http://www.biochar-international.org/profiles/china</a><br>
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In
order to get<b> the most economical and ecological biochar,</b>
three different models for manufacturing biochar have been
developed since 2005: <b>two are stoves (biomass energy-biochar
gasifiers)</b>... </span></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color:
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style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;
line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">The stove models differ
from other existing stoves on the market in China due to their
ability to offer the end user clean renewable energy in the home
and the <b>potential of a passive income through biochar</b>.
The stove is affordable for households or small companies. The
flue gas analysis from these stoves shows that the concentration
of CO in newly-developed models is less than 2000 mg/Nm<sup>3</sup>,
while in other comparable stoves this value was between
5930-26670 mg/Nm<sup>3</sup>.</span></span>"<br>
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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text-align: left;">the team... developed a <b>biochar-based
amino acid fertilizer</b>, which is made up of biochar with
some<i><b> fermented organic material with high amino-acid
content</b></i>. After strict testing by the Zhejiang
Provincial Office for Agriculture, the new fertilizer has tested
percentages of about 16% amino acid, 55% organic C, 8% total N,
3% K2O, 3% P2O5, and 5.9 pH value. Just this month (February
2011), the new biochar-based fertilizer passed the government
testing process and is now <u><b>permitted to be produced for
the market</b></u>. The field trials show that the
biochar-based fertilizer <b>can significantly increase the N
efficiency in soils</b>, which usually exceeds 45%</span></span>"<br>
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Also: <a href="http://www.biochar-international.org/regional/china">http://www.biochar-international.org/regional/china</a><br>
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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text-align: left;">Participants also visited a new facility in
Hangzhou that is producing a biochar-based organic fertilizer.
This plant was developed as a collaboration between Mr Lu of the
Hangzhou Qianjiang Drying Equipment Co., Ltd, and <b>Mr Robert
Flanagan</b> and <b>Professor Zhong</b> of the <i><b>China
National Research Center of Bamboo</b></i>. The plant
consists of a pyrolysis unit that provides heat for a rotary
agglomerator. The biochar is fed into the agglomerator and <b><i>a
liquid containing minerals and amino acids is sprayed onto
the biochar</i></b>. The material is then dried as it
tumbles around the drum to form a small granular product that
will be applied to soils with seed-drill equipment already being
utilized by farmers. During the site visit, Robert Flanagan also
demonstrated several <b>stoves</b> that he was developing with
Mr Lu at his factory, including<b> two small cookstoves</b> and
a larger unit intended to heat a room in rural areas for up to 8
hours, while also providing cooking heat and a biochar product.</span></span>"<br>
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To me, this development (the Biochar "fertilizer" has been
"permitted to be produced for the market") could be an <u>extremely
important development</u> in the world of Biochar, especially if
the large-scale agglomeration process of combining "fermented
organic material with high amino-acid content" with Biochar can <i><u>also</u></i>
be applied at a smaller (village) scale using <i><b>Cookstove-derived
Biochar</b></i>.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar-consulting.ca">www.biochar-consulting.ca</a>
603-48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754; 647-886-8754 (cell)
Skype: lloyd.helferty
Steering Committee member, Canadian Biochar Initiative
President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
Advisory Committee Member, IBI
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1404717</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42237506675</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario">http://groups.google.com/group/biochar-ontario</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/">http://www.meetup.com/biocharontario/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://grassrootsintelligence.blogspot.com">http://grassrootsintelligence.blogspot.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.biochar.ca">www.biochar.ca</a>
Biochar Offsets Group: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2446475</a>
"Necessity may be the mother of invention, but innovators need to address problems before they become absolute necessities..."</pre>
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On 2011-03-19 1:19 AM, Stephen Joseph wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTinEuM5JWysxSLZpUJHXnr9M1+4aAuHfOnBDKUj5@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">HI Crispin
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<div>Where is the link?</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
<div>Stephen<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 5:58 AM,
Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Stovers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lloyd sent a link today that has a
video and photos on using stove-derived char blended
with amino acids as a soil amendment that is superior
to char alone. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An interesting development.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Crispin</p>
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