Biochar definition

Biochar means the solid carbon-rich product made when woody biomass undergoes pyrolysis in an oxygen-depleted atmosphere at approximately eight hundred degrees Celsius.
Biochar means biological charcoal, a stable, porous, near-pure form of carbon which remains inert for centuries. Carbon credits are generated from the biochar’s ability to store carbon and prevent the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Biochar means a stable, porous, carbonaceous material produced through the pyrolytic treatment of organic feedstocks.

Examples of Biochar in a sentence

  • Biochar Application to Soils: A Critical Scientific Review of Effects on Soil Properties, Processes and Functions.

  • Biochar impact on nutrient leaching from a Midwestern agricultural soil.

  • Biochar for the mitigation of nitrate leaching from soil amended with biosolids.

  • Biochar made at higher pyrolysis temperatures can have a higher pH, porosity and surface area (which affect water holding capacity and nutrient retention), and a greater proportion of organic carbon content that is recalcitrant (▇▇▇▇▇ et al, 2009).

  • Biochar is produced from Stockholm's green waste and a large-scale facility is being planned here.


More Definitions of Biochar

Biochar means the charcoal product of biomass conversion through pyrolosis (along with ash and syngas).
Biochar means a carbon-rich material produced during the
Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60 percent carbon.
Biochar means a carbon-rich material produced during the pyrolysis process or solid material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment, derived from clean cellulosic biomass from forest and agricultural sources.
Biochar means the charcoal product of biomass conversion through pyrolysis (along with ash and syngas).
Biochar means a stable, porous, carbonaceous material produced through
Biochar means the solid residue from the carboniza- tion of biomass or the thermochemical conversion of bio- mass in an oxygen-limited environment; (biocharbon)