Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52753#.VKIPccCAM4 Author(s) Rajaram Swaminathan * , Hileni Amupolo Affiliation(s) Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia . ABSTRACT Biochar is a solid material obtained from the carbonization of biomass. Biochar is used on agricultural lands as a soil amendment to improve the fertility of the soils. Currently the most common method of producing biochar is through biochar stoves. There are two basic stove operations in the production of biochar. The first type of stove produces biochar by direct combustion of biomass. Here biomass is burnt inside a chamber in an oxyge...
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