update on personal-size biochar production and other biochar topics paul s. anderson, phd...
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Update on Personal-Size Biochar Production
and Other Biochar TopicsPaul S. Anderson, [email protected]
Chip Energy (Co-founder and Partner)Biomass Energy Foundation (Board Member)
Presentation for the Illinois Biochar Group on 9 June 2011, at ISTC, Champaign, IL
Micro-Gasification
• Micro-Gasification: What it is and why it works (2007), Anderson, Reed and Wever. on the Internet at:http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP53-Anderson-14.pdf
• Manual of Micro-Gasification (2011), Christa Roth, on the Internet courtesy of GIZ.
www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf
TLUD Pyrolytic Gasifiers
• TLUD = Top-Lit UpDraft• Initially developed (since 1985) for cookstove
applications for developing societies.• Produce charcoal that is considered to be
good biochar.• Recent efforts to make larger units.• CHAB = Combined Heat And Biochar
Gases rise & charcoal forms from upper fuel when
pyrolysis progresses downward
into the raw fuel.
Secondary air enters
Combustion zone & heat application * * * * *
“Reactor” or gas generation device or pyrolysis unit, including fuel chamber inside.ND = Natural Draft
“Champion” TLUD-ND gasifier (2008)
Variations of TLUD gasifier cookstoves.
[ Top row is with fans. ]
5-gallonBucket
TLUD Biochar Maker
55-gal TLUD Biochar Maker“Jolly Rogers” DesignBy Rogers, Clayton,
McLaughlin, and Anderson Named after John Rogers of
Melbourne, Florida, who has 4 similar models and is probably
the #1 biochar producing individual in Ameirca.
55-gal TLUD Biochar Maker
“Jolly Rogers”DesignBlower is optional, but adds control.ll
Biochar in Australia
• Very active individuals.• Successful 5-day workshop/camp in May 2011.– Over 40 participants– Conducted by the Biomass Energy Foundation
(BEF), with instructors McLaughlin and Anderson.
***************************************Next BEF Workshop/Camp in North America is
on 8 – 12 August in western Massachusetts.
Characterization of Biochar
• Lack of progress under IBI leadership.• Concern by USBI individuals.• What is the interest level of the Illinois Biochar
Group or its individual members?
Book Publication
• The Biochar Revolution, edited by Dr. Paul Taylor, [2010].
• 20 chapters; 361 pages.• Copy is on display. • On Amazon for $39, but elsewhere for $25,
including via the Biomass Energy Foundation.
Additional Capacities
• Paul Wever of Chip Energy will present next about:
• “Stove Pipe Stove and Biochar Maker• Chip Energy Biomass Furnace and Biochar
Maker