{"id":3535,"date":"2020-12-17T20:02:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T20:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/?page_id=3535"},"modified":"2022-11-16T02:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T02:36:34","slug":"what-is-biochar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/our-programs\/composting-and-carbon-farming\/what-is-biochar\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Biochar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n        #myVideo_mp4{\n        position: absolute; z-index: -99; width: 100%; height: 100%;top:0;left:0;\n    }\n    banner-image-1 iframe,\n    banner-1 iframe{\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n    }\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow {\n\t\tpadding:64% 0 0 0 !important;\n\t}\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow .banner-txt-1 {\n\t\ttop: 10%;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"banner-1 full-block large-banner   \">\n        <div class=\"mob-banner-sect lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-size: cover;height:auto;padding:56.25% 0 0 0;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/biochar_banner.png)\">\n            <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                                                <h1>What Is Biochar?<\/h1>\n                                <h3>We are working to pilot the production of biochar made from local trees killed by forest fires or insects for use in sequestering carbon in our soils.<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-image-1 banner-image-mobile lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\"\n              data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/biochar_banner.png)\">\n\n                     \n        \n<script>\n  \/\/ 2. 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It has many existing and potential uses, from soil amendment to carbon filter media to cattle feed additive for reducing methane emissions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biochar is made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/northeast-area\/wyndmoor-pa\/eastern-regional-research-center\/docs\/biomass-pyrolysis-research-1\/what-is-pyrolysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heating high-carbon organic materials like wood waste in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis)<\/a>. Charcoal and activated carbon are produced in much the same way, essentially differing only in particle size and end use of the finished product.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>A House for Soil Microbes<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biochar is inert; a microscope reveals a honeycomb structure that remains after pyrolysis. Its value as a soil amendment is that the honeycomb cells can &ldquo;house&rdquo; beneficial soil microbes and allow them to reproduce, which in turn helps plants to increase photosynthesis.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biocharproject.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10004 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jocelyn-biochar-electron-microscope-images-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/480;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pictured: Honeycomb structure of biochar as viewed under an electron microscope. <br \/>Photo courtesy of Dr. Jocelyn at <a href=\"http:\/\/biocharproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biochar Project<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many small-scale <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.colostate.edu\/investigator\/francesca-cotrufo-homepage\/francesca-cotrufo-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studies of biochar usage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been conducted, but we still have much to learn about it. Biochar may especially hold promise to improve highly degraded soils and to capture and sequester heavy metals in mine reclamation projects.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Biochar in a Circular Economy<\/h2>\n<h4>Biochar creates an important purpose for beetle-killed trees currently being mulched or landfilled.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boulder County&mdash;and the arid western US in general&mdash;produces more high-carbon organic waste than can be used in compost production alone. In a forest, dead trees are best left to decompose naturally. However, fire mitigation practices around structures in fire-prone areas, removal of beetle-killed urban trees, and landscape management in general are all examples of sources of woody waste that we generate. Much of this material is trucked outside of the county and ends up as low-quality mulch or in landfills. Like with compost, it may make more sense to process excess woody waste locally for use in carbon farming.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Can biochar become a heat source?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biochar production is most beneficial when the waste heat from pyrolysis is also captured and utilized. Only a few biochar production systems are currently designed to do this, and they have not been proven at scale in the US, though they are being employed elsewhere, primarily in Europe. The trick is that the heat must be utilized locally, so capturing it makes the most sense at a centralized power plant (on the large scale), or can be used on-site at a location that needs near-continuous heat, such as a brewery or a greenhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existing end uses for finished biochar are highly specialized. Some of those uses, such as for mine reclamation and for restoration of soils in fire burn areas, can have important value for our local community. The value of biochar for local carbon farming has yet to be fully explored. Existing research indicates that the value of biochar as a soil amendment greatly depends on the type of woody waste used as a feedstock and the conditions of the soil. Research also suggests that the value may be greatest when biochar is combined with compost or inoculated with microbe-rich compost tea before applying to soil.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Eco-Cycle Biochar Trials<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eco-Cycle is working to enable local trials of both biochar production and various end uses of biochar as a soil amendment. To fully evaluate the potential of biochar as a tool for carbon farming, here&rsquo;s what we hope to accomplish:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find a suitable location to site a small-scale biochar pyrolysis system that can utilize the waste heat on-site;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locate a grinder to pre-process wood into a biochar feedstock near an existing source of wood waste;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conduct field trials to determine the most promising use of biochar and biochar blends to sequester carbon and build soil;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trial the use of biochar in urban settings to increase survival rates in new plantings to restore our urban tree canopy and increase the resilience of the urban environment in the face of a changing climate;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share what we learn with other communities and land managers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Eco-Cycle and the City of Boulder are looking for partners and funding to do this work. 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