Biochar Innovation Feasability Study

该项目旨在支持英国。农业通过创造一种生物肥料来寻求碳中和，这种生物肥料作为碳负土壤改良剂，螯合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，这是一种非常稳定的碳形式，利用一种称为缓慢热解的技术产生。它与其他农业残留物如尿液混合。以这种方式使用农业残留物，而不是在生物质能源工厂中燃烧它们，将大大减少农业部门的二氧化碳排放，并加速其向净零农业目标的转变，改善土壤健康并可能增加农业产量。相反，它通过在碳负过程中使农业残留物的价值最大化来补充该系统，从而导致碳螯合。这一点与英国一致。政府的净零目标和IPCC 2019年建议进行碳封存，作为到2050年将气候变暖保持在20摄氏度以下的一种手段。该项目寻求资金进行可行性工作，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 * 独立的实验室测试：流动动力学生物炭化学表征土壤和作物影响 * 实地研究，以展示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.