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Probably worth considering pyrolysis before burying it. By heating the wood and baking it into char you get a few nice benefits: * You produce biochar, which i
by EngManagerIsMe 3y ago
Probably worth considering pyrolysis before burying it. By heating the wood and baking it into char you get a few nice benefits:
* You produce biochar, which is almost pure carbon, and therefore you are only sequestering the weight/volume of the carbon, not all the water and other stuff.
* Biochar can be used as a soil amendment to improve microbial cultures and store carbon for hundreds or thousands of years
* You can produce energy in the form of heat or wood gas
* You can produce wood vinegar, which may have some agricultural or industrial uses
I think there's a nascent industry in converting biomass into biochar and sequestering it, but it would be very interesting to see it done with forestland more generally.
- silverthorn 3y ago> I think there's a nascent industry in converting biomass into biochar and sequestering it To expand on that, biochar seems to be the majority of carbon removal delivered commercially to date: https://www.cdr.fyi/ https://www.cdr.fyi/ Of course the entire CDR industry is nascent. Bio-oil via pyrolysis is another option. Charm Industrial is trying to scale that up.
- euroderf 3y agoI've tried to read up on biochar but actually no treatment was as clear as yours. Where's a good place to read up on it with an eye to practical applications ?
- dabluecaboose 3y agoThis is really fascinating, is biochar notably different from, say, charcoal? Or is it a trendier name for what we've already got? I've looked at pyrolysis for home sustainability and have yet to find a good set of resources for it outside making charcoal.