Dear Mark, with our system of charring, we get char yield of about 30% of the original biomass. See our web site www.samuchit.com for a video of the process. But what you say is basically correct. The sequestering of char is a carbon negative process. Yours A.D.Karve
*** Dr. A.D. Karve Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com) Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Mark Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > After gasification, approximately 5% of the woody biomass remains a > biochar which sequesters carbon, hence a 'carbon negative' claim can be > made. Alternatively, if the woody waste is left to rot in situ, the carbon > sequestration is 0% (all carbon is released/transformed into CO2 and other > gasses). > > True? > > > Mark Bell > Director, Petawawa Renewable Power Corporation, GP > PO Box 15 > Orangeville, Ontario > L9W 2Z5 > Tel: 416 209 7351 > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > >
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