Biochar Manufacturers

[Ahmabeliever]

Sorry Erich, my last reply was of a bad tone. Not aimed at you, but also not neccessary.

You can probably tell I'm not a capitalist hehe.

The innoculum sounds good. The claim of being the only people marketing photosynthetic bacteria is not true though, which makes me wonder at the accuracy of the rest of the claims.

Purple non sulfur photosynthetic bacteria are a part of em cultures. Cyanobacteria are not new either - also photosynthetic. I think this product is another em variant - symbiotic communities of microorganisms, the whole being greater than the sum of parts.

Making it that stable - that is new, and good news.

Googling EM and Dr Higa will keep you entertained for hours. He gave most of his information about making EM away so we could all benefit from this technology.

[erich]

GOOD NEWS FOR BIOCHAR: EU permit Authority 4 years tests successfully completed

Doses: 400 kg / ha – 1000 kg / ha at different horticultural cultivars

Plant heightIncrease 141 % versus control
Picking yieldIncrease 630 % versus control
Picking fruitIncrease 650 % versus control
Total yieldIncrease 202 % versus control
Total piece of fruit Increase 171 % versus control
Fruit weightIncrease 118 % versus control

There is list of the additional beneficial effects of the 3R FORMULATED BIOCHAREU DOSSIER for permit administration and summary of the results from 4 different Authorities who executed different test programme is under construction

Sincerely yours: Edward Someus (environmental engineer)3R AGROCARBON
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[erich]

Hi All,

Here is an additional post from Edward Someus:





"I suggest these independent and accredited EU relevant Authority permit field tests results will support the further development of the biochar application systems on international level, and providing case evidence, that properly made and formulated (plant and/or animal biomass based) biochars can meet the modern environmental - agricultural - human health inspection standards and norm, while supporting the knowledge based economical development.

We work further on to expand not only in the EU but in the USA as well. My Cincinnati large scale carbonization project is progressing, hopefully the first industrial scale 3R clean coal - carbon plant will be ready in 2009.

Tks.

        
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[cascadiamax]

Field tests in Oregon with effective microbes (EM) from SCD and EM America on strawberries, beans and zucchini showed no noticeable difference than the controls. It was not a scientific trial, but enough to expect little gains with biochar. EM reportedly does better with wastewater treatment, as a probiotic for livestock and as a compost conditioner. Charcoal mixed with chicken manure does best.

Cogentech Inc. in Wilsonville, Oregon (USA) advocated a Bioten system. A form of direct fired wood burning gas turbine. There is a rumor over here they are looking at biochar production of some sort.

[cascadiamax]

There is also GreenPyro, north of San Francisco. They claim to be a developer of an advanced pyrolysis furnace. Full scale operation is about a year away.

[cascadiamax]

The plant at Aarstiderne is a good example of biochar integration with a farm operation. It is not clear if the plant is from a commercial venture. The stirling engine is not ready for export yet.

I cannot post links yet, so search for the dot com. A description of the farm and pyrolizer can be found on the OM AARSTIDERNE link, under Ide og baggrund. It may require Google for translation as well.

[Ahmabeliever]

A man here has plants running, a contract to do firebreaks in the states, he's started production of 300 x 30t a day plants, pyrolisis that is, and has a lot of forestry contracts.

Wood waste to char and collecting the gas.

We meet soon he's giving me a few bags for my garden and we'll talk turkey about the use of char as a soil amendment locally. I hope to introduce the concept of using char and fungi on all riparian areas in local forestry as a means of pollution (runoff and erosion) control.

Then next year as part of my biology paper I'll have access to an organic farm to commence char trials for local horticulture. Also have access to the brains of the university faculty, should be fun.

I'm also very interested in chars role in re-forestation. Naturally fires bring forests down, not chainsaws...

I've had amazing results with em, you can't do much with it if it is combating the effects of salt fertilisers all it's 'energy' goes into correcting balance instead of promoting decomposition and soil activity (by product better plants).

I'll run a 'proper' trial with EM/char in an organic environment and see how it goes...

I'll also be advising to keep the price of this char down from daylight robbery.

[Ahmabeliever]

Char with chicken manure - charred together - or amended?

[cascadiamax]

Your post raises many questions. Can you share more details?

In what forest region of the states is the plant located? Is a specific plant manufacturer being used? Is that 30 tons per day (TPD)? How is the pyrolysis gas collected? Where is the char sold?

Char from wood waste, then mixed with chicken manure - the method Christoph Steiner reports from Terra Preta test plots in Slash and Char. The added crop value from this approach is thought to be from the enhanced food (manure) and shelter (char) environment for microbes to thrive and support the soil foodweb.

The priority foremost priority seems to be removing CO2 out of the atmosphere. It can sit as char in a salt cave for a thousand years if necessary. If someone will pay $200/ton for that, great. Otherwise, farm and forest soils are a most sensible path for char as long as the material cost is low enough to stimulate use.

There are many reports of amazing results using EM with soils. Few of them, if any, have been validated scientifically in the US for general Ag production, when EM is used alone or with other chemical fertilizers. Proper tests need to be done. To do amazing things, microbes need food, shelter, air and water just like we do. A type of Bokashi mix for soils may be more appropriate than straight EM, or EM with char. That suggests the critters will fare better in intensive organic or biodynamic types of cultivation than the kind of rural agriculture best known in the San Joaquin or Willamette valleys.

[Ahmabeliever]

I'll answer what I'm allowed the company is working to secure their investment before releasing too much detail.

They're in california working among redwoods. They're based in New Zealand. They're also in Africa working on stove/char/water purification units.

I believe the units will sell for $45 000 US. They do 30 tons weight of wet wood per day. Will work with leaf litter manure etc up to large pieces (didn't get diameter sorry) of wood.

The nitrogen from chicken manure would certainly benefit the char alleviating the observed 'nutrient draw' char has on soils with poor OM. Using waste products like this has my greenie stamp of approval for common sense.

On microbes and soil biology in relation to char - you are not only preaching to the choir, you're preaching to a raving apostle.