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Study suggests biochar could improve AD performance


January 10, 2018  by Bioenergy Insight Magazine

By K.salo.85 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29973096

January 10, 2017 – In a paper by Texas A&M scientists, biochar shows potential for increasing efficiency of the anaerobic digestion of animal manure.

In the study, digesters that are enhanced with the biochar saw a methane production increase of about 40 percent, with a reduction in production time of 50 to 70 percent. READ MORE

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