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Influence of bio-char from biofuel production on nutrient availability in agricultural soils and on physical and biological soil parameters
Project
Project code: JKI-PB-08-0071
Contract period: 01.02.2009
- 31.12.2016
Purpose of research: Applied research
In industrial countries the increasing demand for energy produced from renewable resources leads to an increase of biofuel production. Biofuel produced through pyrolysis of biomass (biomass to liquid (BTL) or biomass to oil (BTO)) generates as a by-product around 10-15% of so called bio-char. Some of this will be used to generate process energies for the biofuel production itself but a considerable amount of bio-char will remain. To remove the carbon fixed in the bio-char from the carbon cycle, considerations are made to lock up the carbon in the soil by using bio-char as a soil amendment. The aim is to establish first knowledge about the nutrient availability for plants in agricultural soils after the application of bio-char as well as the influence of bio-char on physical and biological soil parameters.
Section overview
Subjects
- Process engineering
- Renewable Resources