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Josephine Getz, J Ind Environ Chem 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C1-003
THE USE OF PEAT-BASED BIOCHAR
AS AN ADDITIVE TO MANURE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Josephine Getz
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
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limate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon which is affected
by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The agricultural
sector accounts for 10-12% of global emissions. Out of which manure
management causes almost 10% of global agricultural greenhouse gas
emissions, making it an important target area for mitigation strategies.
The Irish agriculture sector accounts for nearly 33% of the total national
greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland and is obliged by national and EU-
Kyoto Protocol regulations to lower these emissions. The use of biochar
has been recognized in the abatement of greenhouse gas effluxes in the
manure management cycle. Biochar is the product of the thermochemical
conversion of biomass in a process called pyrolysis. Although the
production from many common sources is well understood, there
remains considerable uncertainty over the efficacy of biochar production
from peat. At the moment, peatlands (blanket and raised bogs) cover
approximately 17% of Ireland, suggesting that a small portion of the
overall peat land area could provide a significant feedstock bio-resource
for biochar production. In this study the profile and character of peat-
based biochar relative to other feedstock sources will be explored, its
potential to mediate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for manure
management systems will be evaluated. Initial analysis will focus on peat
samples selected from the upper layers of a drained raised bog and the
extracted fibre content of this peat as a biochar feedstock.
Josephine Getz is recently pursuing PhD at
Dublin Institute of Technology, after completing
master’s degree from Humboldt University of
Berlin in 2016. Josephine also worked at The
University of Edinburgh as a pyrolysis research
assistant.
josephine.getz@mydit.ieBIOGRAPHY