Poster Presentations at the 2008 IBI Conference

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Biochar Production

• J. Briggs: Rapid Small-Scale Biochar Production Method
• G. Clay, F. Worrall: Are the UK peatlands a natural biochar production facility?
• Downie, L. Van Zwieten, Y. Chan, Alan Crosky, P. Munroe: Biochar Feedstock Choice: An economic/agronomic balance
• M. Evelein: The Potential for atmospheric reductions of CO₂ through Biochar in the UK
• J. Fournier: Batch Biochar Production Unit for Field Trials
• Glaser, H. Gerber, W. Sehn, A. Brümmer: Biomass pyrolysis for clean energy production combined with long-term C sequestration and soil fertility enhancement
• Glaser, K.H. Knorr: The potential of soils to produce Biochar
• J. F. González, S. Román, J. M. Encinar, G. Martínez: Suitability of Biomass Materials for the Manufacture of Chars with various Pore Structures
• Hornung: Biochar from intermediate pyrolysis as by-product from power generation or from pre-conditioning for gasification of different ash rich biomasses
• J. Klaasen, H. Knoetze, G. van Wyk, T. Mali, C.L. Knowles: South African indigenous plant species for biochar/oil production
• W. Kwapinski, E. Kryachko, D. Hayes, M. Hilary B. Hayes: Investigations of methods of recovery products from Pyrolysis and Gasification and their applications
• G. Rein: Gains and Threats from Smouldering Combustion to Biochar Production and Storage
• A.B. Ross, J.M. Jones, T. Bridgeman, K. Anastasakis, M. Kelly: Production and properties of biochar from slow pyrolysis of macroalgae
• Schröder: Waste Biomass as a source for activated carbon production
• Someus: 3R Biotechnology integrated Industrialised Biochar Production
• Torres, J. Lehmann: Biomass availability, energy consumption, and opportunities for biochar use in rural household of Western Kenya
• Yoshiyuki Shinogi, Koji Kameyama  and Chen Yan: Biochar; Our previous research outputs
• S. Yoshizawa, M. Ohata, M Aoki: Effects of Carbonization Conditions on the Microstructure of Bamboo Charcoal in a Practical Furnace

Biochar Characterisation

• C.F. Alho, E.H. Novotny, C.M. de Freitas Maia, E.A. de Lima, F.A. Hansel: Chemical oxidation of Eucalyptus benthamii charcoal
• P. Ascough, M. Bird, W. Meredith, C. Snape: Black carbon characterization: Implications for understanding biochar behavior in depositional environments
• Braun: BiocharTIS and BiocharDB: a novel biochar standard and a research database for a unified description and storage of biochar experiments
• K. Y. Chan, L. van Zwieten, A. Downie, S. Joseph: Nitrogen content and availability of biochars from slow pyrolysis
• J. M. Encinar, J. F.González, G. Martínez, S. Román: Pyrolysis of walnut shells. Energy recovery and biochar characterization.
• J. Gaskin, A. Speir, K. Harris, D. Lee, K.C. Das: Effect of Pyrolysis Chars on Corn Yield and Soil Quality in a Loamy Sand Soil of the Southeastern United States
• Grand-Clement, S. Nortcliff, S. Robinson, D. Schwartz: Burning of uplands peat soils: effects on pyrogenic carbon production
• M.K. Hossain, V. Strezov, P.F. Nelson: Environmental and agronomic characterisation of wastewater sludge biochar
• M. Jones, E. Lopez Capel, D. A. C. Manning: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in biochars and related materials
• S.D. Joseph, P. Munroe, Y. Lin, A. Downie, J. Hook, A. Shasha, L. Van Zweiten, S. Kimber, A. Cowie, B.P. Singh, J. Lehmann, J.E. Amonette, E. Carter: Towards an Understanding of the Properties and Structure of High Mineral Ash Biochars
• S.D. Joseph, P. Munroe, Y. Lin, E. Neves, J. Lehmann: Examination of Different Structures in Organo-Clay Microaggregates and Possible Mechanism for their Formation
• S.D. Joseph, P. Munroe, Y. Lin, A. Downie, J. Hook, A Shasha, L. Van Zweiten, S. Kimber, A. Cowie, B.P. Singh, J. Lehmann, K. Hanley , P. Blackwell,E. Carter: Development of a Synthetic Terra Preta (STP); Characterisation and Initial Research Findings
• J. Liu, F. Fornasier, G. Alberti, S. Biasiol, G.D. Vedove, A.Peressotti: Biochar sequestration in agricultural soil: microbiological activity and short-term degradability
• Lopez-Capel, D. A. C. Manning: Characterisation and Qualification of Biochar in Soils by Thermal Analysis
• Miglietta, S. Baronti, C. Montanari, D. Moreno, F.P.Vaccari, E. Zonza: The charcoal-burning site of Val Vobbia (1630-1950): A resource for examining biochar oxidation and long-term interactions with living soil organisms
• Moreira, W.G. Teixeira, G.C. Martins: Extractants and availability of micronutrients in Central Amazonian Dark Earth soil
• E.H. Novotny, G.A. Romeiro, M.K.K. Figueiredo, J.D. Rocha, E.R. deAzevedo, T.J. Bonagamba, M.H.B. Hayes: ¹³C-NMR Spectroscopy Evaluation of Different Pyrolysis Feedstock
• C.E. Rostad, D.W. Rutherford, R.L. Wershaw: Changes in chemical composition of wood chars as a result of varying charring conditions
• D.W. Rutherford, C.E. Rostad, R.L. Wershaw: The sorption of water by wood char
• Song, E.H. Novotny, E.R. deAzevedo, T.J. Bonagamba, M.H.B. Hayes: Composition of the Humin Fraction and Coarse Char of Terra Preta de Índios Soils by NMR, Multivariate Curve Resolution and Scanning Electron Microscopy
• C. Steiner, K. Harris, J. Gaskin, K.C. Das: Pyrolytic char characterization for its use as soil amendment
• R.L. Wershaw, D.W. Rutherford, C.E. Rostad: Development of porosity and surface area in chars due to thermal degradation of wood and wood components

Biochar Amendments to Soils

• K.A. Ballantine, R.L. Schneider, J. Lehmann, P.M. Groffman: Ecosystem functions of restored wetlands amended with biochar
• S. Baronti, G. Alberti, L. Genesio, F. Di Gennaro, J. Liu, F.Miglietta, A. Peressotti, F.P.Vaccari: The Italian Biochar Initiative (ITABI): Effects on soil fertility and on crops production
• E.W. Bruun, H. Haggard-Nielsen, P. Ambus: Biochar in fertile clay soil: impact on carbon mineralization, microbial biomass and GHG emissions
• S. Bruun, T. El-Zehery: Stability and Physical Protection of Biochar in Soil
• de Leij, J. Wingate, H. Sneath, T. Hutchings: Potential of charcoal for land remediation
• N. Foidl, S. Joseph: Productivity Mapping Detects Charcoal/Ash Stripes at 18 Years
• L. Gatere, R. Delve, P. Hobbs, S. De Gloria, J. Lehmann: Crop yield with biochar in conservation agriculture along climatic and soil gradients in Zambia
• Gathorne-Hardy, J. Knight, J. Woods: Surface application of biochar to pasture – changes in yield, diversity, forage quality, and its incorporation into the soil
• Jin, J.E. Thies, J. Lehmann: Soil Microbial Community Response to Amending Field Soils with Corn Stover Biochar
• K. Kameyama, T. Miyamoto, Y. Shinogi: Effects of addition of bagasse-char on nitrogen adsorption characteristics and hydraulic properties of calcaric dark red soil
• J.M. Kimetu, J. Lehmann: Food security in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of biochar
• Knoblauch, A.A. Marifaat, S.M. Haefele: Biochar in rice-based systems: Impact on carbon mineralization and trace gas emissions
• Lehmann, K. Hanley, C. Hyland, S. Rajkovich, E. Miller-ter Kuile, C.H. Cheng, A. Enders: Crop yield, nutrient uptake and leaching, soil water availability, and nitrous oxide emissions with biochar from different feedstocks and produced at different temperatures
• R.S. Macedo, W.G. Teixeira, M. Arruda, C. Steiner, A. Moreira: The effect of application of charcoal residues combined with source of phosphorus and nitrogen in a banana plantation in a yellow Oxisol in the Central Amazon - Brazil
• Major, J. Lehmann, M. Rondon: Biochar application to soil reduces nutrient leaching in the field
• S. Mangrich, K. P. Nicolini, E. H. Novotny: Soil amendment and slow release fertiliser preparation from castor meal
• V. de Melo Benites, E.H. Novotny: Agronomic effect of humic like substances produced from charcoal
• Nguyen, J. Lehmann: Biochar decomposition under different water and temperature regimes
• Pignatello: Attenuation of char surface activity over time by natural substances in soil
• Rawlins, V. Moss-Hayes, C. Vane: Does increasing BC content lead to soil aggregation and soil carbon preservation?
• Singh, A.L. Cowie: Decomposition of biochars in soil (vertisol) and their turnover time – an important factor affecting the greenhouse balance
• Sneath, J. Wingate, T. Hutchings, F. de Leij: Charcoal as a microbial carrier for organisms involved in soil bioremediation
• Someus: The 3R-AGROCARBON
• S. Steinbeiss, G. Gleixner, M. Antonietti: Soil as a Carbon Deposit: Stability and Biological Activity of synthetic carbons in soil
• Steiner, K. Harris, J. Gaskin, K.C. Das: Enhancement of potting soil performance with biochar amendments
• Van Zwieten, S. Kimber, A. Downie, K. Sinclair, S. Joseph, K. Yin Chan: Agro-economic valuation of biochar using field-derived data
• Wells, E. Baggs: How does biochar regulate nitrous oxide emissions after addition to soil?
• Z. Xu, E. Lopez Capel, D. A. C. Manning: Fossil biochar in soils in NE England and its impact on crop growth
• Yeboah, J.O. Fening, S.P. Sohi: Food sufficiency and soil carbon sequestration in tropical soils: Is biochar the option?
• Yeboah, P. Ofori, G.W. Quansah, E, Dugan, S.P. Sohi: Improving soil productivity through biochar amendments to soils
• S. Yoshizawa, S. Tanaka: Proliferation of Aerobic Complex Micro-organisms during Composting of Food Garbage and Cow Manure with Biomass Charcoal

Carbon Trading, and Policy Issues concerning Biochar

• Breiter: The CarbonZero Project
• T.R. Del Monte: Global Warming Solution – Carbon-Negative Energy Production, Reforestation Acceleration, Deforestation Deceleration, Desertification Mitigation, & Long-Term Increases in Food Production for Impoverished Nations. Are we ready for it?
• K. J. Frogner: A Simple Pass-through Model for Equitable Carbon Trading
• Gathorne-Hardy, J. Knight, J. Woods: The availability of biomass from marginal sources for biochar production in Eastern England – economics, sustainability and GHG balance
• R. Hood-Nowotny: A soil scientist’s business analysis of biochar
• R.W. Larson, G.L. Carroll: Carbon Trading and Biochar Policy Issues
• R.W. Larson, J. Levine: Present Value of Future Biochar Economic Benefits
• Mani, G. Mizoguchi, E. Willett: Modelling the Commercial Feasibility of Biochar as Influenced by Production Technologies, Carbon Markets, and Other Political, Economic, and Operational Factors
• Murun: Black as the New Green: Raising public awareness of biochar policy issues and carbon trading in cooperation with 350.org
• L. Van Zwieten, B.P. Singh, S. Joseph, J. Rust, S. Kimber: Biochar holds potential for reducing soil emissions of greenhouse gases
• Woolf: Net avoided greenhouse gas emissions from biochar production—The time dimension