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Biochar production from agro-food industry residues: a sustainable approach for soil and environmental management [1]

Advance biochar production technique, hydrothermal carbonization (HTC, wet pyrolysis) offers an option to tap the benefits of biomass residues of food industry characterized by high moisture and low calorific value. HTC is more energy efficient due to its low temperature operationsand higher biochar recovery rates (up to 90%).

Publication Date: 
25/11/2014
Aditya Parmar [2], Prabhat K. Nema [3], Tripti Agarwal [4]
Current Science [5]
107
10
1673-1682
Tags:
Agro-Based Industry [6], Biomass [7], Climate Mitigation [8], Waste Disposal [9], Food Process Industry [10], Carbon Sequestration [11], Charcoal [12], Soil Capability [13], Waste Conversion [14]
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tripti-agarwal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/charcoal
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-conversion