Characterization of engineered biochar for soil management

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 490-496

  Mayer, Zsuzsa A ^a   Eltom, Yousif ^a   Stennett, Dwayne ^a   Schröder, Elisabeth ^b   Apfelbacher, Andreas ^a   Hornung, Andreas ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

biochar characterization; nutrient recovery; pyrolysis; soil amendment; willow

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PYROLYSIS; RESEARCH; SOILS;

BIO CHARS; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; ENERGY CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES; FUEL CHARACTERIZATION; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; SOIL AMENDMENT; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; WILLOW;

CHARACTERIZATION;

SALIX;

EID: 84899116238     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.11788     Document Type: Article

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