[Terrapreta] Industrial scale Carbonization using Pyrolysis

[Edward Someus]

Mr.   Lloyd Helferty

I was reading your interesting letter on the Terra Preta net. 

I am developing, designing and manufacturing  industrialized carbonization -
pyrolysis systems for different coal and carbon applications, also
integrating to soil biotechnology  and innovative solid sate fermentation
and formulation technology development.  Any cooperation in this subject is
highly welcome. 

I will be in Montreal next week for pyrolysis conference, if you have a
chance to visit the event you are highly welcome, maybe we could meet as
well. 

The Conference is organized by the Air & Waste Management Association www
awma.org,
Twenty-seventh Annual International Conference on Thermal Treatment
Technologies (IT3) May 12-16, 2008, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada HOTEL OMNI
ROYAL, conference Web site at www.awma.org/go/it308
http://secure.awma.org/events/it3/images/FinalProgram.pdf

My presentation will be on May 15, PM1hrs. 

If you have any questions pls do not hesitate to contact me. 

   
Sincerely yours: Edward Someus (environmental engineer)
HOMEPAGE:  http://www.terrenum.net   
EMAIL 1:        edward at terrenum.net
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Lloyd Helferty
Date: 2008.05.04. 3:26:19
To: 'MFH';  'Terra Preta'
Cc: 'Rolson Tam';  'Metson, Michael';  'Ronnie Lo';  'Amie Sergas';  'K.P
Cheung';  'Sugawara, Justin';  Houston.Wong at international.gc.ca;  'Pidgeon,
Ted'
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Canadian carbon
 
Yes, it is a BIG problem.  In the past I have been party to discussions
about what to do about this and one of the ideas was to use it for energy
production with Fluid Bed Gasification machines.  I didn't know about Terra
Preta or Biochar at the time. Perhaps industrial scale Carbonization using
Pyrolysis would be a far better option.  Doing so could also help put these 
800 loggers" back to work as well as providing the feedstock for a
potentially new "soil amendment" industry.
 
    Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
    Thornhill, ON, Canada
    905-707-8754
    647-886-8754
 




From: terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org
[mailto:terrapreta-bounces at bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of MFH
Sent: May 1, 2008 6:09 PM
To: Terra Preta
Subject: [Terrapreta] Canadian carbon


An extract from a NZ timber industry newsletter. Presumably the beetle was
historically in balance, but conditions have changed and he’s away on a
population explosion.
 
 
“It's been well documented - the forestry industry in British Columbia has
been hammered over the last 12 months from all sides. Mill closures, job
layoffs (only this week the West Coast's largest forestry company, Western
Forest Products, announced that it's shutting down most of it's logging
operations next week with 800 loggers affected by the move ( More >> ) and
of course the mountain pine beetle has knocked the industry for a six.
Selling lumber from infested forests into a market already hit hard by
reduced demand because of the collapse of the U.S. housing market has been
tough.

As we know, the mountain pine beetle has been the real killer though.
According to new government statistics, about half of the marketable forest
estate in BC (estimated to climb to a staggering 76% by 2015) has been
ravaged by a nearly decade-long beetle infestation. The outbreak of mountain
pine beetles has affected trees over an area of 13.5 million hectares. As of
last month, the insects had infested and killed about 710 million cubic
metres of timber - up from 582 million cubic metres at the same time last
year, according to a recent news release.

To add to the industry's woes, a just released report (see story below) says
that the beetle is now transforming BC's forests into a major source of
greenhouse gases. Federal scientists say that by the time this unprecedented
infestation ends, an extra billion tonnes of carbon dioxide will have been
released into the atmosphere. Big - you better believe it. The reports lead
author says this is five times the annual emissions from all the cars,
trucks, trains and planes in Canada.

After "the beetle has eaten itself out of house and home" in BC the authors
have suggested that given favourable conditions in future, such as the mild
winters now being experienced, the beetle could well spread across Canada's
vast northern boreal forest, one of the most important stores of carbon on
the planet.”
 
Max H
 
 
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