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Originally Posted by erich
WOW.............This is the first I've seen of a process like Dr. Danny Day's on the market:
BEST Pyrolysis, Inc. | Slow Pyrolysis - Biomass - Clean Energy - Renewable Energy - Char - green coal - pelletized fuel - syngas for electrical generation - carbon credits - increases rural jobs and construction development
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It seems that Eprida and BEST seem to be the two main companies focusing on using char as a soil amendment... And in a previous post you mentioned the flash carbonization process which may be able to contribute as well. They're now marketing the process on this website: carbondiversion.com
But there are also several other companies out there using similar processes (pyrolysis) who produce char, but they generally focus more on using the char for producing energy or activated carbons.
dynamotive.com
ensyn.com
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Originally Posted by Taildragerdriver
First I work professionally in what is called fire management working with US public land management agencies. We have a great deal of interest in a way to use biomass produced when we try to reduce fuels in projects designed to reduce fire intensity around areas of human developments. If we can get an interest going with agriculture to incorporate large quantities of charcoal a commercial charcoal industry could be developed to use these biomass products produced in fuels reductions projects.
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Some companies in Canada are recognizing this opportunity and developing mobile pyrolysis units.
agri-therm.com
advbiorefineryinc.ca
Advanced Biorefinery Inc's technology was recently profiled in MIT's Technology Review (technologyreview.com/Energy/17298/) and also here: biopact.com/2006/09/biomass-to-liquids-bring-factory-to.html
So interest in technology that produces char is definitely growing... But what could be a future issue though is the economic value of char as a fuel versus char as a soil amendment.
