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US Biochar Conference 2012

US Biochar Conference 2012. Lump Charcoal Fines: Do they have a place? Mike Urban Biochar Merchants. Lump Charcoal Fines. Chars resulting from primitive means of charcoal production. Lump Charcoal Fines. Charcoal fines produced from kiln production. Lump Charcoal Fines.

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US Biochar Conference 2012

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  1. US Biochar Conference2012 Lump Charcoal Fines: Do they have a place? Mike Urban Biochar Merchants

  2. Lump Charcoal Fines • Chars resulting from primitive means of charcoal production US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  3. Lump Charcoal Fines • Charcoal fines produced from kiln production US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  4. Lump Charcoal Fines Small fines (by-product) resulting from mass production of grilling, lump charcoal. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  5. What would happen if…………. I’m just sayin……… US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  6. Death Valley, CA US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  7. Missouri kiln US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  8. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • They’re completely legal US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  9. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • They’re abundant US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  10. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • They can be screened for finite sized fines US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  11. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • They’re inexpensive (except for the freight) US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  12. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • Successful in use by green roof architects US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  13. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • Successful in Orchid mixes US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  14. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • Successful in raised beds US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  15. Lump Charcoal Fines • What’s right with them? • Lightens soils by improving tilth US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  16. Tilth • Creates pathways for moisture, roots, worms, microorganisms US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  17. Where I live the soil is either clay or sand. Its all clay if the property was developed in the past 30 years – leaving most people with clay. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  18. This year the clay has been as hard as cement since early June. An hour of sprinkling wets it to a depth of 1” – except where char is present. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  19. Mesquite ProductionSonora Desert, Mexico US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  20. Mesquite Production US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  21. Mesquite Production US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  22. Charcoal from Mesquite • Mesquite is a renewable resource of the Sonora Desert. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  23. Charcoal from Mesquite • It’s a shrub. • When harvested, suckers replace the branches that are cut. • Suckers develop into branches and are cut again. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  24. Charcoal from Mesquite • It’s a rare, desert cash crop. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  25. Charcoal from Mesquite Some say…………… US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

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  27. Charcoal from Mesquite • It is planted by the government of Mexico. • Its exportation is taxed. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  28. Charcoal Fines This material is a by-product of grilling charcoal production. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  29. Charcoal Fines It would exist whether or not someone used it in their garden US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  30. Charcoal Fines We re-cycle carbon when we use it US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  31. Lump Charcoal Fines There is a significant concern with air pollution by charcoal producers. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  32. Top lit updraft (TLUD) biochar stove Popular methods of char production don’t make any effort at capture and re-use of off-gases. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  33. Pollution Described romantically as one of the stages in the magic of making biochar US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

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  35. Some designs either don’t capture off-gases or offer options for capturing them. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  36. Another concern with lump char……………. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  37. Mobile Matter Or Volatile Matter (VM) US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  38. Joshia Hunt U of Hawaii defined mobile matter in his article: The Basics of Biochar; A Natural Soil Amendment US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  39. Mobile Matter • …..“tars, resins and other short-lived substances”…. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  40. Mobile Matter • “…..short-lived”…. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  41. Mobile Matter • Results from low temperature production US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  42. Low Temperature • Desirable in grilling charcoal • Helps it burn US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  43. Mobile Matter • Can effect soils by capturing nitrogen and depriving the plants the char is intended to benefit. US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  44. Joshia Hunt “Mobile matter can block porosity and initial adsorption but (it) is highly susceptible to biological decay,  which can mitigate those effects” US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  45. Joshia Hunt says mobile matter is… “ ……….highly susceptible”….to decay,” US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  46. IF MOBILE MATTER Can block porosity and initial adsorption US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  47. ? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Mobile matter is removed by biological decay? US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  48. Hugh McLaughlin Director of Biocarbon Research at AlternaBiocarbon Taken from Hugh’s work “All Biochars are not created equal and how to tell them apart” US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  49. Hugh says “ elevated amounts of mobile matter (found in lump charcoal fines) are likely to disappear in the first growing season.” Taken from Hugh’s work “All Biochars are not created equal and how to tell them apart” US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

  50. Pre-treatment of chars by different means including in the compost bin, will mitigate impact of mobile matter impact US BIOCHAR CONFERENCE 2012 WWW.BIOCHARMERCHANTS.COM

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