Development of biochar from coconut shell: pyrolysis process / Nur Nilam Sari Azini

Biochar is an organic substance with a high carbon content that is produced as a by-product of the pyrolysis of biomass at high temperature and low oxygen levels. The process of pyrolysis, which yields oil and gas as by products while also producing biochar, entails heating biomass (such as coconut shell) completely or almost completely in the absence of oxygen. However, the processing conditions have an impact on how much of these materials are produced. This biochar project is to determine the increases of soils ability to retain water, nutrients, and agricultural chemicals, preventing water contamination. The content of polluted water is higher than clean water nowadays due to people who like to pollute nature such as throwing waste in the water. Biochar will be burned in a constant temperature with different time rates to study the effectiveness of biochar in the water recovery process. The results I expect is that to obtain high water recovery effectiveness, biochar burned for a long time is needed.