Biomass yield and carbon abatement potential of banana crops (Musa spp.) in Ecuador.

Banana is one of the most important agricultural products of Ecuador. It relies on intensive monoculture cropping systems with a large volume of standing biomass and large amounts of residual biomass that can be used for carbon sequestration. This study was performed (1) to quantify the yearly residual biomass generation, (2) to quantify the carbon stock of standing banana biomass, (3) to estimate the carbon sequestration potential by using the residual biomass generated yearly, and (4) to propose a biomass prediction model for banana crops in Ecuador.

Charcoal from anaerobically digested dairy fiber for removal of hydrogen sulfide within biogas.

Anaerobically digested fibrous solid (AD fiber) is an abundant material that offers potential to produce value-added products such as biochar. The objective of this paper is to better understand how thermochemical processing conditions affect the capacity of biochars derived from AD fiber to adsorb HS from biogas. AD fiber was pyrolyzed in an electric tube reactor at temperatures up to 600 °C and 60 min.