Biochar Innovation Feasability Study

该项目旨在通过创造一种生物肥料来支持英国农业寻求碳中和，这种生物肥料可以作为碳负型土壤改良剂，固碳并降低二氧化碳的绝对水平。这种肥料的关键成分是生物炭，这是一种极其稳定的碳形式，利用一种被称为缓慢热解的技术产生。它与其他农业残留物混合，如尿液。以这种方式利用农业残留物，而不是在生物质能工厂燃烧它们，将大大减少农业部门的二氧化碳排放，加速实现净零农业的目标，改善土壤健康，并有可能提高农业产量。这一提议并不与用于粮食生产的土地竞争，相反，它通过在碳负过程中最大化农业残留物的价值，从而实现碳固存，从而对该系统进行了补充。这符合英国政府的净零目标和IPCC 2019年的建议，即到2050年将碳封存作为将气候变暖控制在20摄氏度以下的一种手段。该项目寻求资金以进行可行性工作，包括：*对拟议的缓慢热解过程进行独立验证的生命周期分析*独立实验室测试：流动动力学、生物炭化学特性、土壤和作物效应*实地研究以证明我们定制的生物源肥料的性能。

This project aims to support the U.K. farming industry in its quest to be Carbon neutral by creating a biogenic fertiliser which acts as a Carbon negative soil improver, sequestering Carbon and reducing absolute levels of CO2\. The key ingredient of the fertiliser is Biochar, an extremely stable form of Carbon created utilising a technology called slow pyrolysis. This is mixed with other agricultural residues such as Urine. Using agricultural residues in this way, rather than burning them in a biomass energy plant, will significantly reduce the farming sector's CO2 emissions and accelerate its move towards the objective of net-zero farming, improve soil health and potentially increasing agricultural yields.This proposal does not compete with land used for food production, rather it compliments that system by maximising the value from agricultural residues in a Carbon negative process resulting in Carbon Sequestration. This is in line with U.K. Government objectives of net-zero and IPCC 2019 recommendations to undertake carbon sequestration as a means of keeping climate warming below 20 degrees C by 2050\.This project seeks funding to undertake feasibility works including:* an independently verified Life Cycle Analysis on the proposed slow pyrolysis process* Independent laboratory tests around:Flow dynamicsBiochar chemical characterisationSoil & crop effects* Field studies to demonstrate the performance of our bespoke Biogenic fertiliser.