GC11A:
Biochar Production, Characterization, and Environmental Applications Posters

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Session ID#: 29261

Session Description:
Biochar is the carbon rich by-product of biomass pyrolysis that is the thermal decomposition of biomass materials in the absence of oxygen. The production process and the intended use of biochar are the parameters that distinguish biochar from charcoal and similar materials. Biochar has been applied, for a long time, as a soil amendment for vegetation cultivation. It can be an effective material for carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. The pyrolysis process parameters affect the characteristics of biochar and consequently its potential applications. Therefore, comprehensive characterization of biochar is essential to understand its chemical and physical properties. This session seeks to bring together interested researchers to discuss recent research findings on the environmental applications of biochar along with novel implementation of high resolution characterization and monitoring methods. This session supports the AGU strategic objectives, by promoting collaboration within the increasingly active biochar community and other earth related disciplines.
Primary Convener:  Omar M Al-Qudah, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Environmental Engineering, Kingsville, TX, United States
Conveners:  Dimitrios Kalderis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Natural Resources and the Environment, Chania, Greece, Hamed El-Mashad, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, United States
Chairs:  Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Rutgers University Newark, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Newark, NJ, United States, Omar M Al-Qudah, Lincoln University, Center of Nanotechnology and Cooperative Research, Lincoln, New Zealand, Hamed El-Mashad, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Dimitrios Kalderis, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Natural Resources and the Environment, Chania, Greece
OSPA Liaison:  Omar M Al-Qudah, Lincoln University, Center of Nanotechnology and Cooperative Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Index Terms:

0418 Bioremediation [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0495 Water/energy interactions [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Effluent Gas Flux Characterization During Pyrolysis of Chicken Manure (234933)
Sydney C Clark1, Rebecca Ryals2, David J Miller3, Charles A. Mullen4, Da Pan5, Mark A Zondlo6, Akwasi A Boateng4 and Meredith Galanter Hastings7, (1)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Providence, RI, United States, (2)University of California Merced, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Merced, United States, (3)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (4)USDA - ARS, Sustainable Biofuels and Co-Products Research, Wyndmoor, PA, United States, (5)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States, (6)Princeton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States, (7)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States
THE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF OXYGENATED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN DISSOLVED BLACK CARBON (Biochar Leachate) (264820)
Siddhartha Mitra, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States, Caroline Webb, East Carolina University, Geological Sciences, Greenville, NC, United States, Andrew R Zimmerman, University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States, Kyle Wyman Bostick, University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, United States, Andrew S Wozniak, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States and Patrick G Hatcher, Old Dominion University, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Norfolk, VA, United States
Laguna Madre Water Purification using Biochar from Citrus Peels (292645)
Cesar Lopez, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, United States and Omar M Al-Qudah, Lincoln University, Center of Nanotechnology and Cooperative Research, Lincoln, New Zealand

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