Biochar priority areas

If I had to prioritise Biochar for household and communities I would suggest the following main applications:

Biochar for
- bioenergy
    - biochar-producing TLUD stoves for cooking and water pasteurisation/boiling (to kill water-borne pathogens)
- water filtration
    - gravity fed Biochar filtration for a final treatment step if toxic and/or carcinogenic chemicals are present eg. PFAS 'forever chemicals', agricultural herbicides and pesticides and more...
- Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) 'Hydrogels' if no other water source (experimental, see web page on this site)
- sanitation
    - Biochar in urine/piss buckets
    - Biochar and bokashi humanure toilets
- hygiene
    - Biochar added to ?ethanol-based liquid soap for hand washing
- growing systems
    - biochar-based media for seedling raising
    - hybrid swale and Zai pit systems (Kenya) for biochar-based Regenerative Agroforestry Systems (RAS)
- building
    - hemp(char)crete preformed panels for, eg. 6 or 8 sided yurts 
    - hemp(char)crete load-bearing building blocks
    - charclay bricks
    - besser blocks made from charcrete
    - Biochar filled floor tiles
    - Biochar filled roof tiles

    - Biochar paint (great for indoor temperature and humidity control)
    - Biochar filled bench tops and more...
    - Biochar air filtration if in an environment with poor air quality eg.cities/urban areas, agricultural areas still   using open air burning practices

 

I should also mention too that biochar, in some cases, can be used in a cascade of uses.

eg. air filtration->water filtration->sanitation->growing systems (permanent Carbon sink)

eg2. air filtration->water filtration (community scale)->building (permanent Carbon sink)


Biochar production technology
    - small scale
        - TLUD stoves eg. Navigator series (see web page on this site)
    - small to medium scale
        - Kon-Tiki cone kilns (see KTE web page on this site)
    - medium scale
        - Flame Cap 'Algorithm' Panel Kiln (see web page on this site)
    - large scale
        - batch
        - continuous
        - many options!

That's all for now!

Brilliant adaptation of original Zai pit design and using the advantage of swales, possibly slightly off contour for sloped land, with high, wide and long berms for rainfall harvesting and walkways between the Zai pits for easy access
Brilliant adaptation of original Zai pit design and using the advantage of swales, possibly slightly off contour for sloped land, with high, wide and long berms for rainfall harvesting and walkways between the Zai pits for easy access

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