T62 Pyrogenic Black Carbon, or Biochar, in Soils and Sediments, Its Characterization and Fate—Its Effects On the Carbon Cycle and Carbon Sequestration, and Its Effects on Soil Properties

Sunday, 31 October 2010
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 601

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  BIOCHAR ACTIVITIES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITH RESPECT TO MINE RECLAMATION
  Andrew D. Harley, R Squared Incorporated, Greenwood Village, CO
  181878 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  COMMERCIAL SCALE BIOCHAR AND ENERGY CREATION FOR GHG MITIGATION
  Frank Canterbury, Pyrolyzer LLC, Boca Raton, FL
  176085 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING OF ALGAE TO PRODUCE COAL AND OIL
  Marc von Keitz, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN and Steven Heilmann, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN and Kenneth Valentas, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN
  181890 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  VARIATIONS IN THE PROPERTIES OF LABORATORY-PRODUCED BIOCHARS: SURFACE CHEMISTRY, LABILITY AND INTERACTION WITH SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
  Andrew R. Zimmerman, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Atanu Mukherjee, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Gabriel N. Kasozi, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  180215 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMASS-DERIVED AND TERRA PRETA CHARS WITH PYROLYSIS MASS SPECTROMETRY
  Kimberly A. Magrini-Bair, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO and Robert J. Evans, RJ Evans And Associates, Lakewood, CO
  177633 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  EFFECTS OF FORMATION CONDITIONS OF BIOCHARS on WATER EXTRACTS
  Colleen E. Rostad, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and David W. Rutherford, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robert L. Wershaw, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  177954 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  THE ADSORPTION AND ABSORPTION OF WATER BY WOOD AND GRASS CHARS
  David W. Rutherford, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Colleen E. Rostad, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robert L. Wershaw, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  177961 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCHARS FOLLOWING INTERACTION WITH FERROSOL SOILS
  Yun Lin, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, N/A and Paul Munroe, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, N/A and Stephen Joseph, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, N/A
  180534 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  STRUCTURAL CHANGES DURING BIOCHAR FORMATION AS ELUCIDATED BY 2-D CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY
  Omar Richard Harvey, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
  180904 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  QUANTIFYING CHARCOAL BUDGETS IN STEEPLAND WATERSHEDS: FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING OF COUPLED SEDIMENT-CHARCOAL TRANSPORT AND STORAGE IN THE OREGON COAST RANGE
  Walter Terry Frueh, Oregon State U, Corvallis, OR and Stephen T. Lancaster, Oregon State U, Corvallis, OR
  180428 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  SOIL CHARCOAL FROM SHRUBLANDS TO SUB-ALPINE FORESTS IN THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
  Christopher W. Licata, University of Denver, Denver, CO and Robert L. Sanford, University of Denver, Denver, CO
  182432 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  HIGH TOTAL ORGANIC SOIL CARBON (TOSC), LOW DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC) AND BLACK CARBON (BC) HORIZONS, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENHANCED NATURAL TERRESTRIAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION (NTS) LAND USE MANAGEMENT AND RECLAMATION PROTOCOLS
  Alison Burchell, NTS Group, Boulder, CO and Douglas Yager, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Raymond Johnson, Contractor to the Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management, Grand Junction, CO and George R. Aiken, Boulder, CO and Kenna Butler, WRD, Boulder, CO
  182051 (Technical Sessions)