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Biochar: innovations obtained through carbonizations tested in Amiata and Maremma

Description

discontinuous biochar production

Sector

A2.4Support services to forestry

Needs/ Problem statement

to develop and validate a new generation of products, based on the partial pyrolysis of ligno-cellulosic biomass deriving from forestry, agri-forestry and agronomic activities

Objective

A discontinuous vertical mobile furnace capable of carbonizing ligno-cellulosic material of variable sizes will be prototyped, characterized by mechanical filling and discharge, leachate recovery, partial recovery of thermal energy, continuous control of temperature and gas flows

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialnull

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Biochar

Mobility

null

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Farmers and foresters

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

null

Final user

Farmerx

Foresterx

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

null

Social sustainability

1
2
3

null

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

null

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Food/Feed = High

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

null

Investment cost (€)

null

Operational costs (€)

null

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

null

Country

IT

Official website

https://www.bioactam.it/

OG Region

ITI1Toscana

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 5E: Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2020-2023

Duration (months)

36

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

4

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

3

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

2

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

4

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

null

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