Comparison of kiln-derived and gasifier-derived biochars as soil amendments in the humid tropics

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-168

  Deal, Christopher ^a,c   Brewer, Catherine E ^b   Brown, Robert C ^b   Okure, Mackay A E ^a   Amoding, Alice ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Modus Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash; Biochar; Gasification; Pyrolysis; Soil pH; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; ASH CONTENTS; BIOCHAR; COFFEE HUSKS; EUCALYPTUS WOOD; GASIFIERS; GROUNDNUT SHELLS; GROWING CONDITIONS; HIGHER YIELD; HUMID TROPICS; KAMPALA , UGANDA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POT EXPERIMENT; RICE HUSK; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PH; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL PROPERTY; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

ASHES; FEEDSTOCKS; GASIFICATION; KILNS; PYROLYSIS; TROPICS;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; ASH; CHARCOAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS PHASE REACTION; HUMID TROPICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL AMENDMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; EUCALYPTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856228522     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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