biochar
Biochar is charcoal produced for Agriculture or Carbon Sequestration. Organic feed stocks, ideally small diameter wood wastes, are heated in the absence of oxygen to produce charcoal in a process called pyrolysis. The process releases organic gasses and oils, which can be burned to produce electricity or used to propel the pyrolysis process, making the burning process self-fueling. Charcoal in soil is very stable, resulting in carbon sequestration, and increases cation exchange capacity among other processes, reducing nutrient leaching, and increasing crop production under some circumstances.
Relationships
- broader: agricultural drainage symposium 2019
- related to: Carbon Sequestration
- related to: agriculture
- related to: ecology
- related to: washington state
- related to: wsu
Source: biochar on Salish Sea Wiki