[Terrapreta] Terrapreta Digest, Vol 16, Issue 25

[jim mason]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

> Nikolaus,
>
> Great solution. The only headache is that charcoal is very hard on pumps
> and
> pump seals. We experience this when using activated charcoal for carbon
> banding while seeding grass seed.
>


i like nikolaus' scenario too.

there are pump types specifically designed for moving liquids with abrasives
in them.  this is actually one of the few useful applications for the tesla
turbine design.  there is a pump company using htis designf or abrasive in
liquid transport.





>
> Tom
>
>
> >In industrial sized agriculture you would use a 10 m3 tank hauled in the
> back of the seeding machine, pumping a slurry of fine milled charcoal,
> mycorrhizae infected soil and diluted melassa together with your favorite
> mix of fungi and bacteria and apply it as a side dressing or a broad band-
> below seed-dressing.
>
>
>
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