Chapter 4 - Summary of research on biochar adsorption of chemical pollutants

4.1.2 A better way to make water treatment biochar: semi-aerobic gasification

Making water filter biochar using a gasifier drum oven with workshop participants from Gkae Noi village (Chinese hill tribe) in the mountains of far northern Thailand, January 2016. (Photo credit: Gioia Emidi.)

From an adsorption perspective, the charcoal produced from traditional kiln systems is variable and inconsistent from batch-to-batch and between …