Love the charcoal gasifier and hammermill grinder at 27:15. Thanks for the vid. At 1:01:38 there's a discussion on Biochar produced from poultry manure. A trial by Venda University UNIVEN demonstrated that applications of Biochar in combination with either inorganic or organic fertilizers increased both grain and and dry matter significantly than either the inorganic or organic fertilizer alone. They later also made Biochar with the poultry manure and tests reports are still being generated. Just a foot note that the pathogens in the manure will be neutralized as with faecal sludge and may be more important than the Nitrogen advantage. My 2 cents.
I make my own charcoal, using a different approach. By the way I just left the Capital RC&D board and I encourage people to support this fine organization
does the biochar has more surface area base on its burn time, burn temperature? what are the differences? also can you simply just add biochar to poultry manure without any other ingredient to create a great soil amendment, or what else do you need?
Biochar surface area depends on the material you are using to turn into biochar. Eg. A corn stalk would have less than a block of wood at the same size. Only other ingredient needed when using chicken litter and biochar is time and I'd say moisture.
Excellent presentation. At time of 46.50 minutes the talk briefly mentions and shows a device powering electric motors from charcoal. Can someone elaborate on this. Where can i learn more.
@@crazysquirrel9425 hard to say from here. Do you notice that material at the center of your retort isn't fully carbonised? And could you perhaps describe the smell? In my experience biochar doesn't have any smell to it. Biochar being a very strong adsorbent we could probably even consider it to be a black hole for smells.
@@CarbonConscious Hard to remember since it was about a year or so ago. Mine did have a smell. Can't remember what it was though. Other batches made since then did not have a smell. I don't plan on making any more biochar for a while. If anything it will be lump charcoal for the grill.
That’s funny you said the open manure lagoon smelled. We got some dairies by my town and it’s just another smell that smells like home. It’s like the smell of cut alfalfa or corn it’s just part of the valley. What’s funny though is our town and others has open lagoons for human waste haha. It’s a mile out of town but the geese go there. Maybe that’s why I’ve never wanted to hunt geese haha.
most gardens produce too much browns compared to greens and even greens typically dry out easily. i've upgraded to two massive bays for compost and it's hit or miss and takes ages. rather than composting, we could dry itand make biochar instead.
Are you promoting the use of biochar for home gardeners who have reasonably healthy soil? I understand the science behind the use of biochar and I've only been able to find several peer-reviewed studies that concluded the use of biochar in barren soils produces measurably-improved results. I've yet to find anything remotely scientific that it is worthwhile using in normally-healthy soils, nor have I found any successful commercial growers that use the material. Of course, I read and heard many anecdotal claims that it produces measurably-improved results. The good thing about biochar for your average home grower is that it does no harm.
Charcoal is noy delective in absorption or adsorption , what will happen when absorp heavy metals or toxins in long term and aftet loading... will biochar start to adsorp toxins and turned to source of heavy meyals and toxins to our soil
Here is biochar being made in NC, MA & by now Florida found on Living Web Farms ua-cam.com/video/svNg5w7WY0k/v-deo.html and this was in 2013 5 years prior to your video.
If you start with a wrong premise, you draw a wrong conclusion. I am a fan of charcoal use, but the insane mania over fossil fuel usage is just stupid.
What school did this guy go to? In what math system is .004 close to 1. It lacks .996 to being 1. Why listen to anything else when the facts are just wacko/
.004, close to zero, meaning electrically conductive. Just a slip of the tongue, give him a break! The guy is giving out years of cutting edge knowledge for free and some people still nitpick!
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Love the charcoal gasifier and hammermill grinder at 27:15. Thanks for the vid. At 1:01:38 there's a discussion on Biochar produced from poultry manure. A trial by Venda University UNIVEN demonstrated that applications of Biochar in combination with either inorganic or organic fertilizers increased both grain and and dry matter significantly than either the inorganic or organic fertilizer alone. They later also made Biochar with the poultry manure and tests reports are still being generated. Just a foot note that the pathogens in the manure will be neutralized as with faecal sludge and may be more important than the Nitrogen advantage. My 2 cents.
I make my own charcoal, using a different approach. By the way I just left the Capital RC&D board and I encourage people to support this fine organization
I use the charcoal from my airtight wood stove when i empty out the ash I screen out the charcoal and save it and mix up a batch of biochar
Great presentation!
If the charcoal is left on the surface as mulch won’t it dry out and wash away?
Sir please suggest how many percentage of biochar we have to use for good results
Would love to hear more about the magnetohydrodynamics.
Softwood charcoal crushes a lot easier. So it will pulverize much easier but also produce a lot more dust
does the biochar has more surface area base on its burn time, burn temperature? what are the differences? also can you simply just add biochar to poultry manure without any other ingredient to create a great soil amendment, or what else do you need?
Biochar surface area depends on the material you are using to turn into biochar. Eg. A corn stalk would have less than a block of wood at the same size.
Only other ingredient needed when using chicken litter and biochar is time and I'd say moisture.
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Excellent presentation. At time of 46.50 minutes the talk briefly mentions and shows a device powering electric motors from charcoal. Can someone elaborate on this. Where can i learn more.
look up charcoal gasifier.
Don't you think using biochar as green roof material can be hazardous ? How would you make it perfectly safe ?
Is there any closed loop system available for this?
Yes! Check out the green power house aka GPH
Wouldn't it be "terra preta" instead of "terra perta" ?
Can you make this in a kamado style grill? Like the big green egg.
What is the amp meter for?
Why does my charcoal smell bad right after I make it??
I use a metal container to make mine.
You don't have enough and/or quality biochar.
You're not fully carbonizing the material, most likely the temperature doesn't get high enough
@@CarbonConscious Odd. The stainless steel container glows red it is so hot.
Maybe too hot too quickly?
Material too densely packed?
@@crazysquirrel9425 hard to say from here. Do you notice that material at the center of your retort isn't fully carbonised?
And could you perhaps describe the smell?
In my experience biochar doesn't have any smell to it. Biochar being a very strong adsorbent we could probably even consider it to be a black hole for smells.
@@CarbonConscious Hard to remember since it was about a year or so ago.
Mine did have a smell. Can't remember what it was though.
Other batches made since then did not have a smell.
I don't plan on making any more biochar for a while.
If anything it will be lump charcoal for the grill.
more info on the grinder, please. I have a few gravely,s as well
From Columbus Ohio and just trying to be a good Stewart of my garden in the suburbs John
That’s funny you said the open manure lagoon smelled. We got some dairies by my town and it’s just another smell that smells like home. It’s like the smell of cut alfalfa or corn it’s just part of the valley.
What’s funny though is our town and others has open lagoons for human waste haha. It’s a mile out of town but the geese go there. Maybe that’s why I’ve never wanted to hunt geese haha.
most gardens produce too much browns compared to greens and even greens typically dry out easily. i've upgraded to two massive bays for compost and it's hit or miss and takes ages. rather than composting, we could dry itand make biochar instead.
Are you promoting the use of biochar for home gardeners who have reasonably healthy soil? I understand the science behind the use of biochar and I've only been able to find several peer-reviewed studies that concluded the use of biochar in barren soils produces measurably-improved results. I've yet to find anything remotely scientific that it is worthwhile using in normally-healthy soils, nor have I found any successful commercial growers that use the material.
Of course, I read and heard many anecdotal claims that it produces measurably-improved results. The good thing about biochar for your average home grower is that it does no harm.
Charcoal is noy delective in absorption or adsorption , what will happen when absorp heavy metals or toxins in long term and aftet loading... will biochar start to adsorp toxins and turned to source of heavy meyals and toxins to our soil
Theory is that the holding of toxins makes them less reactive, Soil biology lock up the toxins or converts them to a less harmfull form
Here is biochar being made in NC, MA & by now Florida found on Living Web Farms ua-cam.com/video/svNg5w7WY0k/v-deo.html and this was in 2013 5 years prior to your video.
Awesome series!
If you start with a wrong premise, you draw a wrong conclusion. I am a fan of charcoal use, but the insane mania over fossil fuel usage is just stupid.
Same
Hell in PA the state and epa would lock you up for making a little smoke
Move to Texas!
@@johnfitbyfaithnet actually considering that
Proper biochar produces no smoke.
A problem all the way with Biochar for plants and animals it absord first all minerals. Bedding for feedlogs and chicken beds ,very good for.
1ft=30cm=300mm
600mm=60cm=2ft
Unless i heard wrong, he said 600mm is a foot or so.
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All the tree's used should be farmed tree's with the exception of a sickly tree.
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What school did this guy go to? In what math system is .004 close to 1. It lacks .996 to being 1. Why listen to anything else when the facts are just wacko/
.004, close to zero, meaning electrically conductive. Just a slip of the tongue, give him a break! The guy is giving out years of cutting edge knowledge for free and some people still nitpick!