This is such a cool technology, because the products are relatively natural. The biochar. It's almost anthracite coal. You can store it by simply casting it on the ground. If the bio-oil can be converted to a proper automotive fuel, the technology can succeed. I went on a trip to a local forest (Cibola) and it's a tinderbox out there. A process like this would put a value on that biomass.
I am a bit obsessed with this topic since , if it's all optimized, it could fight climate change while also delivering useful products. There are problems with it. The biomass should be local and nice blocks of wood are dense and easy to store too. If we grow something fast and easy like high grass or bamboo then after harvest, it's not dense and a lot of the volume is air. So I thought about torrefaction and compression as solution. Next the product goes to a pyrolysis plant. However, the local torrefaction heats up and then cools down so a loss of energy. It would be better then to immediately pyrolyze and get the desired end products. That output is even more dense and we don't need to store that roasted biomass (fire danger and expensive silos) (fermentation of plants could perhaps work too for preservation but this brings in a lot of moist) If we feed the pyrolyzer only one type of biomass under always the same conditions, then I hope a mobile pyrolyzer like this could be made simple enough and affordable for any village and city to have them. What we see here is probably very expensive and requiring much expertise to work with. This is normal for a prototype.
Hi Chris! If you are in Utah, feel free to come out to our next biochar demonstration in a few weeks on April 20, 2023. We won't have this mobile pyrolysis machine at the demonstration, but you can meet with the organizers and learn about the biochar kilns we are using today. Check out our website for event details: www.usu.edu/ubrg/demonstrations/charpalooza-2023
i believe the main difference between car diesel and marine diesel is no biodiesel is added? (atleast here) It would have to go through the same process as making car diesel any how (refinery).
Got my attention with the old tires and excellent oil part. Cause that's very useful.
This is such a cool technology, because the products are relatively natural. The biochar. It's almost anthracite coal. You can store it by simply casting it on the ground. If the bio-oil can be converted to a proper automotive fuel, the technology can succeed.
I went on a trip to a local forest (Cibola) and it's a tinderbox out there. A process like this would put a value on that biomass.
Excellent work 👍
I am a bit obsessed with this topic since , if it's all optimized, it could fight climate change while also delivering useful products. There are problems with it. The biomass should be local and nice blocks of wood are dense and easy to store too. If we grow something fast and easy like high grass or bamboo then after harvest, it's not dense and a lot of the volume is air. So I thought about torrefaction and compression as solution. Next the product goes to a pyrolysis plant. However, the local torrefaction heats up and then cools down so a loss of energy. It would be better then to immediately pyrolyze and get the desired end products. That output is even more dense and we don't need to store that roasted biomass (fire danger and expensive silos) (fermentation of plants could perhaps work too for preservation but this brings in a lot of moist)
If we feed the pyrolyzer only one type of biomass under always the same conditions, then I hope a mobile pyrolyzer like this could be made simple enough and affordable for any village and city to have them. What we see here is probably very expensive and requiring much expertise to work with. This is normal for a prototype.
What brand is the mobile unit?
i wouls love to set up something similar.
Hi Chris! If you are in Utah, feel free to come out to our next biochar demonstration in a few weeks on April 20, 2023. We won't have this mobile pyrolysis machine at the demonstration, but you can meet with the organizers and learn about the biochar kilns we are using today. Check out our website for event details: www.usu.edu/ubrg/demonstrations/charpalooza-2023
can the oil be converted to Marine Diesel Oil
i believe the main difference between car diesel and marine diesel is no biodiesel is added? (atleast here)
It would have to go through the same process as making car diesel any how (refinery).
Namaskar 🙏🏻
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