Metta,
Trash --> Char does NOT equal "Biochar". [!] I would NEVER
recommend using the stuff in soils...
/Sierra Energy/'s Gasification. Also (probably) _not_ that NEW. There
are many, many, many Gasification systems out there that make 'syngas'
(hydrogen and carbon monoxide) ~ and can do things /similar/ to this,
although this does seem a bit "unique"... because of this so called
"/FastOx/ chemical reaction". [?]
Best thing to do is probably to ask the folks on the "Gasification
List"... (CC'd)
P.S. A Canadian company called /Enerkem Technologies Inc/.
(www.enerkem.com <http://www.enerkem.com>) has been making Ethanol from
Trash for quite a while... probably /long/ before /Ineos Bio/ came along.
Also ... Probably none of these companies in the article are (or even
can) claim "carbon negativity"...
But, of course, if this system /does/ work... maybe there are ways of
bringing it to Toronto... [?]
... It would certainly help with the stuff** that _/can't/_ be
turned into "biochar" (and used in soils).
**i.e. the stuff that's too _/contaminated/_.
( My 'business partners' here in York Region /may/ be able to help
make it happen in the GTA... /if/ indeed it works. [?] )
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
www.biochar-consulting.ca
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- Lloyd Helferty
On 2013-08-18 7:37 PM, Metta Spencer wrote:
I don't know whether this system is compatible with biochar production, but it
would solve the problem they end the article with: waste.
Can you please tell me how they should evaluate the cost/benefits of this
procedure versus biochar manufacture with trash?
Thanks.
MS
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/business/trash-into-gas-efficiently-an-army-test-may-tell.html
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