[Terrapreta] Spring Planting - Biochar

[Edward Someus]

Tom, 
 
Thank you for response. 
 
The concept we work after is to develop plan available minerals and
composites all in order to promote plant growth have sequenced availability
of minerals and nutrients. 
 
You requested TERMINOLOGY clarification: 
 
BIOCHAR CAN BE both plant based, which is carbon based, and animal bone
based which bone char is 90% mineral and 10% carbon only, and composites.
Plants need many types of nutrients and right soil condition, so precision
farming is needed, adjusted for local soil and climatic conditions. 

BIOCHAR CAN NOT BE: any carbonization feed material which is containing
heavy metals and/or halogens, which are directly or indirectly toxic for
human, environment or Eco system, and/or providing unpredictable
accumulation effects and or generating new metabolites in any form (which
are more toxic in low concentration after, than before in original for in
high concentration), including but not limited to disturbance of soil
microbiological life and balance, aslo biochar may not contain toxic organic
residuals or metabolites. 
 
In the PROTECTOR FP6 project it is focused on animal waste management and
mineral recovery by solid state fermentation and formulation, all in order
to enhance soil microbiological life. But in this context I produce both
plant based and animal based, soil biotech specific, chars. 
 
 
ECN study TDT-3R Multi Fuel -  yes, ECN has been project partner in FP5,
which project development results are underway to take form in the USA the
medium sized 30,000 t/y carbonization / pyrolysis  plant.  
 
 
FP7: yes.  In these biochar project I unite top European scientists and
engineering people, take field experience form farmers, involve authorities
and policy makers as well. 
 
Have nice day. 
 
   
Sincerely yours: Edward Someus (environmental engineer)
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Tom Miles
Date: 2008.04.19. 22:52:25
To: 'Edward Someus';  terrapreta at bioenergylists.org
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Spring Planting - Biochar
 
Edward,
Very impressive description. Thanks. Outside the EU we find the Framework
Programmes are a little confusing. What Themes do you find “biochar”
research in for FP6 or FP7? Is there another term that is used in Europe
besides “biochar”? 
FP6 – Sixth Framework Programme (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6). You lead a
“Specific Targeted Innovation Project “ with many collaborators called
“Protector: Recycling and upgrading of bone meal for environmentally
friendly crop protection and nutrition” which involves carbonization.
“Overall objective of PROTECTOR is to realise the integrated thermal
inactivation (carbonization) and biotechnological recycling of high
Phosphorus containing (but potentially microbiological-risk material) waste
(bone meal) and upgrade it into a high added value and safe biotechnological
crop protection and nutrition product for environmentally friendly vegetable
cultivation. The biocontrol effect targets primarily combat against crown
rot of tomato and damping off plant pathogens and improvement of p lant
natural resistance as well. The risk of cross contamination at food chain
organic waste streams requires new technological solutions. The proposal
utilizes animal bone char for microbiological carrier and sugar, vegetable
oil and milk food industrial by-product streams (molasses, glycerin, whey)
as nutrients during the solid substrate fermentation and formulation process
 Natural soil borne microbiological strains are selected for entrapment into
the internal sphere of the solid carrier and formulated in a way that long
term storage of the substance will be viable on ambient temperature. The
method and product provides enhanced survival of the protected microorganism
during introduction into the soil. Comprehensive work program has been
developed by 12 EU partner consortium for added value transformation of food
industrial waste, including waste management strategy development, selection
of Phosphorus mobilizing microorganism with biocontrol effect connected to
solid state fermentation and formulation, evaluation of P kinetics in soil,
comprehensive risk assessment, validation and demonstration, cost benefit
analysis, consumers acceptance evaluation, innovation management with
intranet, development of dissemination strategy and efficient dissemination.
The final achievements are the prevention, protection and preservation
approaches aiming environmentally friendly and healthy food production in
low input vegetable sector.”
http://cordis.europa
eu/fetch?CALLER=FP6_PROJ&ACTION=D&DOC=1&CAT=PROJ&QUERY=011968336a4d:f80b:6443
ebb&RCN=75731
Will there be project reports at the completion of the project 2008-08-31 ?
Your FP7  (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7) listing is to: “Develop advanced
bio-economy and carbon recycling technologies by integrated carbonization
and biotechnological added value recycling and reuse of waste/byproducts for
prevention, protection and preservation in sustainable agriculture”
Is there a particular project associated with this work?
What project area is your biochar research in? Food?
I was looking for biochar in the FP7 sites. From Europa (http://ec.europa
eu/research/fp7/)
Looking at the Food for Life Technology Platform (Sustainable Food
Production)  I find:
Efficient Management of Phosphorus resources: Long-term allocation of an
essential non-renewable (P), by Hans-Peter WEIKARD, WAGENINGEN, NEDERLAND
http://etp.ciaa.be/asp/projects_inventory/detailed_project.asp?proj_id=168
Technology Platforms of interest:
http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/individual_en.html
“Knowledge Based Bioeconomy”:
Biofuels http://www.biofuelstp.eu/
Food for life http://etp.ciaa.be/asp/home/welcome.asp
Forest Based Sector http://www.forestplatform.org/index.php?cid=ftp
Plants for the future http://www.epsoweb.org/Catalog/TP/index.htm
Sustainable chemistry http://www.suschem.org/
European Aquaculture Technology Platform http://www.eatpnet.eu/
Global Animal Health http://www.ifahsec.org/europe/EUPlatform/Platform.htm
 
Other:
 The ECN study of your TDT-3R technology is very interesting: TDT-3R Clean
Multi Fuels. ECN contribution to WP3. Lab-/bench-scale pyrolysis test of
biomass and analysis of byproducts http://www.ecn
nl/docs/library/report/2005/c05077.pdf
Project description by EPA http://www.epa
gov/NE/assistance/ceit_iti/tech_cos/therdes1.html
 
Many thanks
Tom
 
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