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Biochar from Biomass: A Strategy for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Soil Amendment, Power Generation, and CO₂ Utilization

Authors : Vanisree Mulabagal, David A. Baah, Nosa O. Egiebor, Wei-Yin Chen

Published in: Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Biochar is a stable form of carbon produced via the pyrolysis of biomass for use in sustainable environmental and agricultural practices. The concept of biochar was originally triggered from the ancient practice in which humans deliberately mixed carbonized biomass into soils to enrich the soil quality and fertility. According to the International Biochar Initiative (IBI), biochar can be defined as “A solid material obtained from the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment.” Biomass-derived biochar production has been demonstrated as a potentially viable strategy for developing negative carbon emission technologies for climate change mitigation and also as a material for effective amendment of relatively poor agricultural soils. Most interestingly, ongoing biochar research work has expanded broadly, stretching from its traditional core in the environmental and agricultural science to include studies in the use of biochar for energy generation and as adsorbents for pollution treatment applications. However, the use of biochar for carbon sequestration and soil amendment has attracted more interests by research scientists globally. The use of biochar as a material for soil amendment is closely linked with its potential for climate change mitigation by carbon sequestration. Specifically, the properties of biochar include resistance to microbial degradation and chemical transformations, high surface areas, high water retention capacity, cation-exchange capacity, and its effectiveness as support and substrate for soil microbes. These characteristics endow biochar with a greater potential to become a highly useful source of materials for improving agricultural productivity through soil quality enhancement while simultaneously sequestering CO₂ from the atmosphere to mitigate climate change. On a separate front, a recent study of acoustic and photochemical interactions of CO₂ with carbonaceous materials seems to warrant feasibility research in the future for exploring novel routes of CO₂ utilization and CO₂ capture. Moreover, biochar’s ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation and emit far-infrared wavelength radiation has promoted research, development, and commercialization of biochar’s applications in medical and health therapies.

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Title: Biochar from Biomass: A Strategy for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Soil Amendment, Power Generation, and CO2 Utilization
Authors: Vanisree Mulabagal
David A. Baah
Nosa O. Egiebor
Wei-Yin Chen
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14408-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-14409-2

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14409-2_80