Impact of Bio-Char on Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Nicholas C.
Vanderslice and Thomas R.
Marrero
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Abstract
A review.
A study of Terra Preta do Indio and bio-char was...
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Impact of Bio-Char on Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Nicholas C.
Vanderslice and Thomas R.
Marrero
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Abstract
A review.
A study of Terra Preta do Indio and bio-char was conducted to determine the technical
feasibility of their use in sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide as a summer undergraduate
project for Dr.
Tom R.
Marrero.
Properties of new and old Terra Preta were used.
Literature of
the last 40 years, including the electronic database SciFinder, was used.
The educational
component of this project included an assessment of different analytical methods to determine
physical and chemical properties of bio-char.
Lab tests of the bio-char include determination
particle size distribution and elemental composition.
The results obtained from literature for the
carbon cycle mass balance indicates that 25-50% of carbon dioxide captured in biomass can be
converted to solid bio-char or Terra Preta
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