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electron microscope Images of Biochar Hi Res.

Posted on August 21, 2011 by | 2 Comments

Electron microscope images of high resolution are hard to find on the Internet. That was until now.

Thanks to Biochar Industries / Biochar Projects and Friends of the Char. Here are two stunningly glorious closeup shots of biochar as seen by an electron microscope. Click on the image to get your free Hi Res version (4megs +)

electron microscope Images

Jocelyn biochar electron microscope images 1 1024x768 electron microscope Images of Biochar Hi Res.

Jocelyn biochar electron microscope images 1

These photos have been placed in the public domain for the benefit of the entire human race so please feel free to use / share / reproduce / disseminate or any other thing you might want to do with them. Please be a champ and give credit to Jocelyn or a nice fat back link to biocharproject.org.

Here is what Jocelyn had to say about Biochar under an electron microscope images.  “I got to use two different 800,000 dollar electron scanning microscopes today to take photos of my biochar. ‘As close as you can get without your eyes getting wet’ !!!. I want one of these devices for my spare room, haha!” 

As you can see she has put the elite world of science into the hands of those who can actually do something for the planet. Three cheers for Dr Jocelyn.

Jocelynbiochar under an electron microscope 2 1024x768 electron microscope Images of Biochar Hi Res.

Jocelyn biochar under an electron microscope 2

Scientifically speaking this is what an electron microscope is. Courtesy of Wikipedia. An electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses a particle beam of electrons to illuminate the specimen and produce a magnified image. Electron microscopes (EM) have a greater resolving power than a light-powered optical microscope. Electrons have wavelengths about 100,000 times shorter than visible light (photons), and can achieve better than 50 pm resolution[1] and magnifications of up to about 10,000,000x, . Whereas ordinary, non-confocal light microscopes are limited by diffraction to about 200 nm resolution and useful magnifications below 2000x.

Really neat folks and I am proud to have friends who can help me spread the word of Biochar. If you are doing a biochar project no matter how big or small let me know and I will showcase you on this site.

Charmaster Dolph Cooke

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Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

Posted on July 3, 2011 by | 2 Comments

Tlud gassifier

I love being a charmaster and I love having a website that people are happy to use. So to all you readers check this out…

Introducing the UB 200 l  natural draft TLUD oven 2 July ‘11

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E, Dolph, aloha kaua-
Just came upon your web page and thought you might like to take a look at the modifications we made to John Rogers’ 200 l TLUD based on what little I know from a bit of reading of TLUDs.
I’ll send a set of pictures that should give you the basic idea if your page input allows me to, otherwise send me an email address and I’ll send them.
An extended set of pictures is available that I would be happy to send if you think they would help. We are calling it the UB 200 l  natural draft TLUD oven, or the UB T- oven  or t-oven for short. But please, please, please don’t call it a stove.
 

Biochar Tlud Gassifier Component parts of 200 l TLUD Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

Biochar Tlud Gassifier Component parts of 200 l TLUD

1 of 5 Component parts (l to r):

1.Primary air chamber with adjustable slip ring intake ports;
200 l feedstock chamber;
afterburner (also with adjustable slip ring intake ports) with chimney.

Biochar Tlud Gassifier Chimney damper Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

Biochar Tlud Gassifier Chimney damper

2. Chimney damper
Only a power drill and a power grinder are needed to make the design, although the student who was doing the work had access to a welder and used it to put the handles on the slip rings on the primary air & afterburner air, the male slip coupe for the chimney and the handle for the chimney flue. Easy workarounds could be used if welding is a problem.
I’ve run two trials so far, both with cow manure that was air dried after being shoveled out of the cowshed. Both runs were smokeless. The first, in which hand to 20-30 x 20-30 x 5-10 cm sized on down burned down in 55 min, the second that was filled with fairly uniform 7-10 x 7-10 x 5-10 pieces together with the fins from chopping up the larger pieces burned down in 1 hr 40 min. The charing was compleat throughout the charge, slightly oily on the rub to the hand rub test.
Another run was made (I was absent) using birch branch & twigs segments (2 cm on down) about 10 cm long. They had smoke problems with keeping the afterburner lit in an exposed site on a windy day, but the char came out good. Devising a wind shield should not be much of a problem.
biochar Tlud Gasifier Primary air hole pattern Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

biochar Tlud Gasifier Primary air hole pattern

3: The circled square pattern of 45 holes, each 13 mm in diameter.
We are very interested in developing these large TLUDs for getting serious amounts of biochar into the ground, leveraging smallholder benefits of biochar in sustainable rural development into timely climate change mitigation. We are thinking of initiating another sib-project based on a virtual community of low-tech biochar producers, TLUD designers and tinkers who would want to test and improve the design. Joining might be a good sub project for your Biochar Project or any of your interested readers.
Me ke aloha-frog
biochar tlud gassifier Assembled 200 l TLUD Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

biochar tlud gassifier Assembled 200 l TLUD

4. Assembled 200 l TLUD
biochar tlud gassifier Burn line at 20 min Tlud gassifier with awesome modifications by Karl J. Frogner, PhD

biochar tlud gassifier Burn line at 20 min

5. Burn line 20 min after spreading starting fire coals
and putting afterburner/chimney in place.
(Coals were spread 10 min after igniting starting fire)
Note smokeless burn

Karl J. Frogner, PhD, OZP
President & Project Development Head; UB International (UBI)
Project Development Head; Mongolian Biochar Initiative (MoBI)
Project Development Consultant; Thai Biochar Initiative (ThBI)
Project Development Head; UBI Hawaii (UBI Ha
Member, Advisory Committee, International Biochar Initiative (IBI)
47-481 Ho’opala St.,
Kane’ohe HI 96744 USA
Hawaii:  1-808 234-3486
Ulaanbaatar:   976 9600-3688
Bangkok:   085 328-3731

I am so very happy to see our biochar project family extending to all corners of our planet. Yes I know it is impossible for a round planet to have corners:P.
Thank you Karl and thank you to your assistant(s) for inspiring sustainable biochar, Reusing, Refashioning, Repairing, Reinventing and of course sharing (Y)our Biochar Project with the world.
If you folks are ever in Australia come stay with me for a visit and I will treat you like the royalty you are. On behalf of Biochar Industries, Biochar Project and Biochar enthusiast the world over we salute you.
Charmaster Dolph Cooke

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New Technology have a look at this folks. Biochar Industries

Posted on April 29, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Wow the rain is so good it has allowed me time to surf the Internet and find some fantastic new technology for biochar production.

Have a look at this website It is Biochar.info and it features a shiny biochar kiln / biochar reactor. I do like the word REACTOR it makes me feel high tech.

So what do you think of that ? I have requested some info on it and perhaps it may become part of what I am doing here in Biochar Industries Kunghur.

Charmaster Dolph
P.s I have created a brand new category for this post ——> Biochar Technology…

 

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