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!
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