Potential of Co2 emission reductions by carbonizing biomass waste from industrial tree plantation in South Sumatra,Indonesia |
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Authors: | Okimori Yasuyuki Ogawa Makoto Takahashi Fumio |
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Institution: | (1) Kansai Environmental Engineering Center Co., Ltd., 8-4 Ujimatafuri, Uji 611-0021, Japan |
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Abstract: | Approximately half of the carbon in trees can be fixed to charcoal by carbonization. Porous charcoal is useful as a soil amendment
for crop fields and forests, and also as a water purifying agent. Given these facts, charcoal production should be recognized
as one of the most promising CO2 sequestration methods. A project on biomass utilization and forest conservation is proposed as a Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) project, by incorporating the carbonization of biomass residue and waste from tree plantations and pulp mills, and also
the utilization of carbon products in various fields. A feasibility study was conducted with the existing project of an industrial
tree plantation and pulp production in Indonesia. If conventional charcoal-making methods are used, a total of 368,000 t yr-1 of biomass residue and waste could be transformed into charcoal of77,000 t yr-1, and the carbon emission reductions by the project reaches 62,000t-C yr-1 (or 230,000 t-CO2yr-1) in consideration of the project baseline. This charcoal project could provide jobs for approximately 2,600people. The soil
fertility in man-made forests could be maintained by returning charcoal to the original forests. Therefore, the project would
be beneficial to the regional economy. In addition, the present charcoal project is expected to give more positive impacts
than negative ones, or leakage, beyond the project boundary.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | biomass waste carbonization charcoal carbon sequestration CDM industrial plantation pulp production regional development soil amendment |
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