{"id":392,"date":"2019-05-20T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hct.fi.ibimet.cnr.it\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2019-05-31T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T10:48:18","slug":"biochar-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hct.ibe.cnr.it\/index.php\/en\/biochar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"392\" class=\"elementor elementor-392\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f9b103 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f9b103\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3815f3d0\" data-id=\"3815f3d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12346f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12346f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>A controlled hydrodynamic cavitation process for the treatment of biochar was experimented for the first time by\u00a0the Hct-Agrifood Lab, with the aim of improve its physical and chemical characteristics in an economical and rapid way, and making it more effective in use as soil improver.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":57,\"align\":\"center\",\"width\":428,\"height\":154} --><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57\" src=\"http:\/\/hct.fi.ibimet.cnr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/biochar_graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hct.ibe.cnr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/biochar_graph.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hct.ibe.cnr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/biochar_graph-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p>To obtain biochar with a high porosity and exchange area (BET), in order to raise the contact surface between biochar and soil \/ plants, it is usually necessary to act on the thermal pyrolysis process (TP), increasing the temperatures, heating speed and residence time.<br \/>However, all this has energy costs and effects on yield and on the overall cost-effectiveness of the process, and it also causes other negative effects such as the increase in PH and ash content.<\/p><p>Hydrodynamic cavitation has proved to be a very convenient alternative to high temperature TP treatment. Despite a negligible decrease in the carbon content, the HC process yield was at least one order of magnitude greater than the TP processes and the biochar porosity increased up to 120%.<\/p><p>The results of the experiment were therefore very encouraging, and will be the subject of further study by the laboratory.<\/p><p>Albanese, L., Baronti, S., Liguori, F., Meneguzzo, F., Barbaro, P., &amp; Vaccari, F. P. (2019). Hydrodynamic cavitation as an energy efficient process to increase biochar surface area and porosity: A case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 159\u2013169. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JCLEPRO.2018.10.341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JCLEPRO.2018.10.341<\/a><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-435dcce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"435dcce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c104d56\" data-id=\"c104d56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a6f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87a6f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>Per approfondire<\/h4>\n<p>Albanese, L., Baronti, S., Liguori, F., Meneguzzo, F., Barbaro, P., &amp; Vaccari, F. P. (2019). Hydrodynamic cavitation as an energy efficient process to increase biochar surface area and porosity: A case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 159\u2013169. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JCLEPRO.2018.10.341\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.JCLEPRO.2018.10.341<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A controlled hydrodynamic cavitation process for the treatment of biochar was experimented for the first time by\u00a0the Hct-Agrifood Lab, with the aim of improve its physical and chemical characteristics in an economical and rapid way, and making it more effective in use as soil improver. 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