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Research Project: Improvement of Soil Management Practices and Manure Treatment/Handling Systems of the Southern Coastal Plain

Location: Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research

Title: Renewable energy, cleaner environments, and sustainable agriculture from pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization of residuals

Author
item Ducey, Thomas
item JEONG, CHANGYOON - Louisiana State University
item Ro, Kyoung

Submitted to: Academic Press
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/14/2022
Publication Date: 6/2/2022
Citation: Ducey, T.F., Jeong, C., Ro, K.S. 2022. Renewable energy, cleaner environments, and sustainable agriculture from pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization of residuals. Academic Press. 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85343-9.00009-4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85343-9.00009-4

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization are emergent technologies that can be utilized to convert agricultural residues and municipal wastes into value-added products such as biochar and hydrochar. These processes and byproducts can promote economic, energy, and environmental sustainability efforts. These processes are biosecure, eliminating pathogens, antimicrobial resistance genes, antimicrobials, and other contaminants of environmental concern from treated waste streams. The produced byproducts have a variety of uses, as sorbents for odor and pollutants, as soil amendments and conditioners for reclamation and restoration of mine-impacted or otherwise degraded soils, as well as fertilizers to increase crop yields in agriculturally productive soils.