Thank you very much, Tom.
Interesting about the "molten ash" for use as "aggregate"...
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
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"Technology is only a tool. Sustainability is determined not by the the individual
technologies, but rather how -- and even whether -- we decide to use them."
- Lloyd Helferty
On 2013-08-25 4:38 PM, Tom Reed wrote:
DEAR Tom, Metta and All
The Union Carbide Purox process was developed initially by Dr. John E.
Anderson, a close friend of mine. I visited the 20 ton/day pilot
plant while it was in development. John died a few years ago.
Tom Miles is certainly correct when he says that processes like this
aren't suitable for making Biochar from mixed industrial waste, so we
should convert the carbon to CO2 and take the power profit. The
molten ash can be converted to a nice aggregate that can be used for
building roads.
A simpler, similar process can be used with clean biomass wastes to
make a clean combustible gas for conversion to power PLUS a clean
Biochar for use in the soil.
In order for any of these processes to have an impact nationwide, the
US government needs to become aware of the CO2 -global warming
connection, and put some muscle into making Biochar for
sequestration/agriculture. Farms would be the best place to implement
this, since the farmer has a great deal,of waste biomass (cobs,,
stalks, manures, ...) and he derives immediate benefit from
incorporation of the Biochar into his own soil, eliminating several
middlemen.
I hope IBI can spread this message at the national level.
Tom Reed
Thomas B Reed
280 Hardwick Rd
Barre, MA 01005
508 353 7841
On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:50 PM, "Tom Miles" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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