Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm. They describe how the facility is operated utilizing the maximum amount of energy created during the process as possible. Find out more about CharGrow products that are ready to use for vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs at carbonchar.com.
VIDEO: Farm Scale Biochar Part 7 Operation
Bob Wells and Jon Nilsson of CharGrow, LLC give us an overview of biochar production at the Grandview Living Web Farm. They describe how the facility is operated utilizing the maximum amount of energy created during the process as possible. Find out more about CharGrow products that are ready to use for vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs at carbonchar.com.
why's it smoking out the temp gague?
This system is very impressive, and we can learn a lot from it. Unfortunately it is not going to solve the CO2 problem because it cannot be adopted widely enough or fast enough. What is the cost of this system? How much carbon can it sequester per unit of time, per dollar spent on it? And how much time do we have to get CO2 down to a level that might allow humans to avoid extinction?
An affordable LOW TECH biochar production system is required so farmers all over the world can make their own biochar from local waste biomass. The key is to understand how the Amazonian people made so much biochar using WET biomass. They did not have metal, but they had pottery (which is better than metal in some important ways). They understood fire and how to properly burn the exhaust gases, so pollution would be minimal.
Once you understand how ancient people did what our experts say is impossible then you will know how we might solve the CO2 problem. The solution is already in our possession.
Thanks to CharGrow for sharing this knowledge.
can your vary the temperature to whatever you desire, even beyond the syngas all out? do you collect the syngas, vinegar, etc for other usages?
Very interesting
This works similar to my central boiler outdoor stove. The flame burn down at the bottom of the wood. The temperature in the burn chamber runs from a 1000 to 1400 degrees.
This guy is a saint!