FYI - at Univ. of Colorado-Boulder (USA) we have a consortium of scientists and engineers studying "activated-carbon-type" applications of biochar (e.g. generated from cookstoves, gasifiers, kilns, etc.).
We focus primarily on water quality and water treatment applications - e.g. decentralized household and community water treatment systems, in-situ permeable barriers for groundwater remediation, storm water runoff, etc. We look mainly at sorption of synthetic organic compounds (e.g. pesticides, pharmaceuticals, fuel compounds, etc.), and to a lesser extent metals and inorganics (e.g. Hg is well sorbed as you indicate below....). See a recent write-up by the IBI for more info and links: http://www.biochar-international.org/profile/water_filtration and feel free to contact me any time! Josh -- Josh Kearns PhD Candidate Environmental Engineering Engineering for Developing Communities University of Colorado-Boulder Mobile: 720 989 3959 Skype: joshkearns On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends of Char**** > > ** ** > > This might interest you – a bit ‘out there’ but heck, who knows what will > happen in future?**** > > ** ** > > Activated carbon can be used to mop up mercury from flue gases. The carbon > can be re-used over and over.**** > > ** ** > > < > http://www.globalspec.com/FeaturedProducts/Detail?ExhibitID=119177&id=%2D1459711991&uh=b7c9f9&email=crispin%40newdawn%2Esz&md=120626&mh=eca4ab&Vol=Vol12Issue26&Pub=1&LinkId=1080795&keyword=link%5F1080795&vid=132825&frmtrk=newsletter > >**** > > ** ** > > It seems to be a new market for the char. I have not seen activated carbon > produced in a stove but it is a biomass product so might be of interest to > researchers.**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > Crispin**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Josh Kearns PhD Candidate Environmental Engineering Engineering for Developing Communities University of Colorado-Boulder Mobile: 720 989 3959 Skype: joshkearns
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