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Biochar
A Regional Supply Chain Approach in View of Climate Change Mitigation

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Editors:
Viktor J. Bruckman, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Esin Apaydın Varol, Anadolu University, Turkey
Bașak B. Uzun, Anadolu University, Turkey
Jay Liu, Pukyong National University, South Korea

Viktor J. Bruckman, Michaela Klinglmüller, Milutin Milenković, Nathaniel M. Anderson, Richard D. Bergman, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Hongmei Gu, Saran P. Sohi, Robert Wagner, René Schatten, Kathrin Rößler, Ines Vogel, Konstantin Terytze, Michael Englisch, Thomas Gschwantner, Thomas Ledermann, Klaus Katzensteiner, Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Eduard Hochbichler, Tang Kok Mun, Wan Asma Ibrahim, Wan Rashidah Kadir, Betül Uygur, Yusuf Serengil, Frederik Ronsse, Byungho Song, Başak B. Uzun, Esin Apaydın-Varol, Ersan Pütün, Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, Orracha Sae-Tun, Natthaphol Lichaikul, Soktha Ma, Sithong Thongmanivong, Houngphet Chanthavong, Gerhard Soja, Elena Anders, Jannis Bücker, Sonja Feichtmair, Stefan Gunczy, Jasmin Karer, Barbara Kitzler, Stefanie Kloss, Maximilian Lauer, Volker Liedtke, Franziska Rempt, Andrea Watzinger, Bernhard Wimmer, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Franz Zehetner, Mark D. Coleman, Sean C. Thomas, Ibrahim Ortaş, Rebecca Hood-Nowotny, Thavivongse Sriburi, Saowanee Wijitkosum

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Climate change poses a fundamental threat to humanity, and thus solutions for both mitigation and adaptation strategies are becoming increasingly necessary. Biochar can offer a range of environmental services, such as reclamation of degraded land, improvement of soil fertility and carbon sequestration. However, it also raises questions, regarding sustainable feedstock provision, biomass pyrolysis, and soil amendment. These questions, among various others, are addressed in this state-of-the-art compendium. Covering a broad geographical range, with regional assessments from North America, Europe, the Near East, and Southeast Asia, this interdisciplinary volume focuses on the entire biochar supply chain, from the availability and economics of biomass resources, to pyrolysis, and ultimately to the impacts on soil properties. The combination of theory with practical examples makes this a valuable book for researchers, policymakers, and graduate students alike, in fields such as soil science, sustainable development, climate change mitigation, biomass and bioenergy, forestry, and environmental engineering.
- Written by an international team of more than 50 authors from various disciplines, the book provides a comprehensive assessment of biochar
- Focuses on the potential for climate change mitigation, a topic that is becoming increasingly important
- Presents a unique, holistic discussion of regional biochar systems using a supply chain approach
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17th Oct 2024 by UName-548009
The book gives an excellent review of biochar when used as a soil amendment for forestry applications. For me, Chapters 10,11,12 & 16 are the most interesting. I would have liked to see more about other applications for biochar. I cannot see the details of chap. 12, but would like a detailed discussion of the progression from wood chip to biochar during pyrolysis.

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- Date Published: November 2016
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781316840054
- contains: 94 b/w illus. 22 colour illus. 37 tables
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
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Preface
1. Biochar in the view of climate change mitigation: the FOREBIOM experience Viktor J. Bruckman, Michaela Klinglmüller and Milutin Milenković
Part I. The Interdisciplinary Approach:
2. A supply chain approach to biochar systems Nathaniel M. Anderson, Richard D. Bergman and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese
3. Life cycle analysis of biochar Richard D. Bergman, Hongmei Gu, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese and Nathaniel M. Anderson
4. Systems integration in European forestry: drivers and strategies Saran P. Sohi
5. Biochar as an integrated and decentralised environmental management tool in the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem Robert Wagner, René Schatten, Kathrin Rößler, Ines Vogel and Konstantin Terytze
Part II. Sustainable Biomass Resources:
6. An Integrated approach to assess sustainable forest biomass potentials at country level Michael Englisch, Thomas Gschwantner, Thomas Ledermann and Klaus Katzensteiner
7. Sustainable biomass potentials from coppice forests for pyrolysis: chances and limitations Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Eduard Hochbichler and Viktor J. Bruckman
8. Towards environmental and economic sustainability via biomass industry: the Malaysian case study Tang Kok Mun, Wan Asma Ibrahim and Wan Rashidah Kadir
9. Carbon sequestration potential of forest biomass in Turkey Betül Uygur and Yusuf Serengil
Part III. Biochar Production (Pyrolysis):
10. Biochar production Frederik Ronsse
11. Biomass pyrolysis for biochar production: kinetics, energetics and economics Byungho Song
12. Pyrolysis: a sustainable way from biomass to biofuels and biochar Başak B. Uzun, Esin Apaydın-Varol and Ersan Pütün
13. The role of biochar production for sustainable development in Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, Orracha Sae-Tun, Natthaphol Lichaikul, Soktha Ma, Sithong Thongmanivong and Houngphet Chanthavong
Part IV. Biochar Application as a Soil Amendment:
14. Biochar applications to agricultural soils in temperate climate – more than carbon sequestration? Gerhard Soja, Elena Anders, Jannis Bücker, Sonja Feichtmair, Stefan Gunczy, Jasmin Karer, Barbara Kitzler, Michaela Klinglmüller, Stefanie Kloss, Maximilian Lauer, Volker Liedtke, Franziska Rempt, Andrea Watzinger, Bernhard Wimmer, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern and Franz Zehetner
15. Opportunities and uses of biochar on forest sites in North America Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Mark D. Coleman and Sean C. Thomas
16. The role of mycorrhizae and biochar on plant growth and soil quality Ibrahim Ortaş
17. The use of stable isotopes in understanding the impact of biochar on the nitrogen cycle Rebecca Hood-Nowotny
18. Biochar amendment experiments in Thailand: practical examples Thavivongse Sriburi and Saowanee Wijitkosum
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Editors
Viktor J. Bruckman, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dr Viktor J. Bruckman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences. He also leads the Sustainable Forest Biomass Network (SFBN) Task Force of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). Dr Bruckman served as principal coordinator of the FOREBIOM project, looking at climate change mitigation potentials of biochar.
Esin Apaydın Varol, Anadolu University, Turkey
Professor Jay Liu is Head of Department and Leader of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISL) at Pukyong National University, South Korea. He is actively involved in research on process systems engineering, with a focus on energy issues. ISL's research covers process design and simulation, and the application of chemometrics, particularly for BTL (biomass-to-liquid) processes.
Bașak B. Uzun, Anadolu University, Turkey
Professor Başak B. Uzun (1975–2015) was a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Anadolu University, Turkey, and a member of the Carbon Materials Processing Group. Her research attempted to determine the effect of pyrolysis conditions on product yields and quality, using different types of pyrolysis reactors for bio-oil and biochar production.
Jay Liu, Pukyong National University, South Korea
Professor Esin Apaydın Varol is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Anadolu University, Turkey. She is currently working on the utilization of biomass for energy and carbonaceous products, and her research interests include biomass composition, its thermal degradation, and product characterization via spectroscopic and chromatographic methods.
Contributors
Viktor J. Bruckman, Michaela Klinglmüller, Milutin Milenković, Nathaniel M. Anderson, Richard D. Bergman, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Hongmei Gu, Saran P. Sohi, Robert Wagner, René Schatten, Kathrin Rößler, Ines Vogel, Konstantin Terytze, Michael Englisch, Thomas Gschwantner, Thomas Ledermann, Klaus Katzensteiner, Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Eduard Hochbichler, Tang Kok Mun, Wan Asma Ibrahim, Wan Rashidah Kadir, Betül Uygur, Yusuf Serengil, Frederik Ronsse, Byungho Song, Başak B. Uzun, Esin Apaydın-Varol, Ersan Pütün, Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, Orracha Sae-Tun, Natthaphol Lichaikul, Soktha Ma, Sithong Thongmanivong, Houngphet Chanthavong, Gerhard Soja, Elena Anders, Jannis Bücker, Sonja Feichtmair, Stefan Gunczy, Jasmin Karer, Barbara Kitzler, Stefanie Kloss, Maximilian Lauer, Volker Liedtke, Franziska Rempt, Andrea Watzinger, Bernhard Wimmer, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Franz Zehetner, Mark D. Coleman, Sean C. Thomas, Ibrahim Ortaş, Rebecca Hood-Nowotny, Thavivongse Sriburi, Saowanee Wijitkosum