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Edward Someus / Terra Humana Ltd. www.3Ragrocarbon.com [email protected]

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE RECOVERY

Bio-Phosphate added value recovery for economical organic farming with high food safety and security.

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TERRA HUMANA Ltd. • www.3Ragrocarbon.com • [email protected]

1. INTRODUCTION

WHO we are: Terra Humana Ltd. is a Swedish-Hungarian technology intensive SME

company since 1989, originally ALSTOM subsidy JV (Lang machine Works since

1870).

CORE focus on:

Added value utilization of unexploited agricultural and food industrial

biomass by-product streams by knowledge based industrial innovations, such

as the new generation 3R Recycle-Reduce-Reuse zero emission processing

technology and product developments.

Recovery of the critical raw material Phosphorus by application of proven

demonstrated technology & product development for the interest and benefits of

the SME farmers and Consumers.

Conversion of science into industrial and commercial practice under EU

wide collaborative innovation schemes.

Continuous policy support for Circular Economy/Fertilizers Regulation

revision, SRTUBIAS (and all interlinked EU policy structures as well).


1. BACKGOUND

Biochar & cabon bio-refinery specialization since +30 years.

Coordinator/key tech designer for large scale EU biochar S&T research

projects since 2002.

The 2nd generation 3R biochar pyrolysis pilot for woody material tests. 1990-1995

The 3rd generation 3R biochar pyrolysis field demo plant.

Designed for all type of

organic materials. 2004-2017


1. ABC - TRL Technology Readiness Level 1-9

BASIC RESEARCH TRL 1 – basic principles observed TRL 2 – technology concept formulated •TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept TRL 4 – technology validated in lab 1980’s APPLIED S&T RESEARCH pilot plant TRL 5 – technology validated in industrially relevant enviro 1990-1995 TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in industrially relevant environment

EU FP5 MULTI FUEL 2002-2005 APPLIED S&T RESEARCH field demo plant TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment

EU FP6 PROTECTOR 2005-2009 TRL 8 – system complete and qualified Full industrialization016 TRL 9 – full industrial franchise systems and competitive manufacturing from standard 20.8k t/y throughputs and above.

EU FP7 REFERTIL

biochar status 2017

WHAT IS THE 3R BIO-

PHOSPHATE S&T

STATUS NOW?

Phosphorus is a critical raw material (COM/2017/0490 final)

THE PROBLEM

THE VULNERABILITY OF EU P-SUPLY –> THE AGRICULTURE and FOOD

SECTORs ARE AT RISK

Limited domestic EU P–reserves EU almost entirely dependent on P-rock

imports, that is having high Cadmium/Uranium toxic element content.

Rising Global P-rock demand, especially for the low Cd/U content materials

higher prices and competition.

The security of P rock supply is under increasing pressure.

POLITICAL & ECONOMICAL RISK

Main P-rock producers: China , US and Morocco (majority of reserves).

US & China consume all domestic production. China apply 135% export tariff !

Morocco: main exporter

Stable supply from Tunisia, Jordan and Syria is no longer guaranteed (political

instability). GAFSA production in 2011: only 30% of its total capacity!

TECHNICAL : Excessive fresh-water consumption by P-industry:

1-3 m3 / ton of phosphate concentrate.

compete with agriculture and drinking water

WATER SHORTAGES in Western Sahara

Biochar always works, if not, than producer/user made mistake(s) by making schlock biochar and/or misuse.

WHAT IS BIOCHAR?

BIOCHAR MATERIAL is:

plant and/or animal bone biomass origin,

stabile carbon carboniferous material,

used for mandatory EU/MS Authority permitted ecological soil

enhancement, and eco-safe carbon negative applications.

BIOCHAR PRODUCT is:

a labeled and full value chain safe product

having extended producer responsibly product guarantees,

meets all the EU/MS product criteria for production and

product permits. REACH registered,

INPUT SUSTAINABLILITY CRITERIA: The feed material:

not from primarily and secondarily land use,

not competing with human food and animal feed,

having environmentally sustainable logistics.

Biochar is NOT a fine ground charcoal

WHAT IS NOT BIOCHAR?

NOT a fine ground charcoal and labile carbon,

does NOT meet quality requirement defined by the regulations,

made from input feed material, that is originating from primer and

secondary land use products, and/or competing with human

food/animal feed supply/food crop plant production nutrient supply,

the pyrolysis process is not towards zero emission performance,

biochar production and product applications are not EU/MS

Government Authority permitted,

having no labeled extended producer responsibility, and/or

the output biochar product economical value and free market

valorization is not based on common market demands and

commercialization process, e.g. biochar valorization may not be

based on grants and subsidies.

There is no one fit for all biochar technology – product solution

HOW ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE IS MADE?

BIOCHAR PROCESSING: pyrolysis – carbonization process in

reductive (indirectly heated) thermal conditions, 600°C - 850°C

(material core).

ABC Animal Bone bioChar processing require higher

efficient thermal processing, complex and higher level of

technology, - than PBC Plant Based Biochar.

„3R”

Recycle

Reuse

Reduce

zero

emission

technology

THE STATE OF THE ART

1. Revolutionary high material core temperature reductive

thermal processing design & carbon refinery invention.

2. Comprehensive original solution.

3. Economical and high added value processing.

4. Safe & energy efficient, continuous-automated process.

5. Full recovery and valorisation of by-products (bio-oil) with

zero emission performance.

6. Long term meet all strict and comprehensive environmental

norms and industrial standards in the EU, USA and

Australia.

7. Continuous quality control of the labelled biochar output

products.

8. Maintaining extended producer responsibility and legal liability

for the biochar products, relevant insurance cover signed.

Advanced 3R PYROLYSIS for ABC Bio-Phosphate production

Advanced pyrolysis technology is required for QTY & SAFE biochar

Competitive advantages VS traditional pyrolysis systems:

New generation 3R Pyrolysis characteristics:

Very high heat transfer efficiency under true value reductive

thermal treatment conditions, thermo-chemical decomposition

process of plant and/or animal origin organic waste and by-

products in the absence of oxygen, under vacuum and between

material core temperature up to 850 °C.

Zero emission performance.

Very high added-value processing in technical, economical,

environmental and climate protection terms.

The new generation 3R pyrolysis opens new technical,

economical and environmental opportunities.

Advanced pyrolysis technology is required for QTY & SAFE biochar

ABC is a recovered organic P-Fertilizer having high concentrated and

pure P-content

ABC = Animal Bone bioChar – Bio-Phosphate

Input material: category 3 bone, rendering byproducts

Zero emisssion pyrolysis technology

(reductive thermal processing) (<850 0C)

High ABC yields

“ABC” Animal Bone bioChar • 3-5 mm granulated product • 30% P2O5 content (slow release fertiliser) • High Ca content

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE CHARACTERISTICS

ABC – RECOVERED P-FERTILISER

Recovered Organic Phosphorus fertiliser, soil improver, growing

media

Production from domestic EU sources

Made from food grade category 3 bones (rendering byproduct,

renewable source)

90% mineral content – 10% C

30% P2O5 + 38 – 42 % CaO, Mg, K

Slow release organic fertiliser

EU PAH16 <6 mg/kg

MS PAH19 <1 mg/kg in justified cases

Low PTE

Recommended Dose: 0.2t/ha - <1 t/ha

ABC: macroporous

50 nm– 63,000 nm

THE TOTAL P CONTENT OF DIFFERENT BIOCHARS

THE TOTAL CA CONTENT OF DIFFERENT BIOCHARS

PAH CONTENT

0

2

4

6

8

10

PBC-DK1 PBC-FR2 PBC-DE3 ABC-HU49

PAH19 (mg/kg) PAH16 (mg/kg)

PCB: Different plant based biochar product

available in EU market

Member States can define more strict limit

ABC permit in Hungary, <1mg/kg criteria defined there

REFERTIL recommended limit

Hungary limit value

Animal Bone

bioChar

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

PTE REFERTIL

proposal

MS regulation

(HU) ABC

As 10 10 <1

Cd 1 or 1,5 2 <0,3

Cr 100 100 <1

Cu 200 100 8

Pb 120 100 <1

Hg 1 1 <0,03

Ni 50 50 <1

Zn 600 600 203

Co - 50 <1

Se - 5 <0,3

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE IMPACT

delivering innovations meeting the needs of European and global markets


BIO-PHOSPHATE ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND USP


Providing >10% yield +. The more efficient P utilization >10%

decreasing the overall quantity of fertiliser need.

low cost price organic nutrients: ABC is a cost effective €975/ton

alternative of the mineral fertiliser. 10-30% lowers price range

calculated on the plant available-utilizable P2O5 value.

< 1 years ROI for farmers

higher value food crop product

Farmers can access higher fund from

second pillar of CAP

Decreasing the cost of the

environmental pollution resulting from

P leach out.

Installation and biochar production PERMITS:

Challenging but mandatory permits

LOCAL PERMITS – HU CASE STUDY:

1) Industrial Safety Authority. MAIN AUTHORITY

2) Environmental and Water Protection Agency.

3) Human Health Inspection.

4) Regional Building Construction Office.

5) Fire Protection Authority.

6) Soil and Plant Protection Authority.

7) Animal Health Inspection.

8) Workers Safety Authority.

9) Electric Power Supply Authority.

10) Road Inspection.

11) Forest and Natural Conservation Inspection.

12) Local Municipality and public acceptance.

13) aso……………

+ REACH (>1t/y, mandatory from 2018).

BIOCHAR PRODUCT APPLICATION AUTHORITY PERMIT

Challenging but mandatory permits

1) Biochar product MS Authority permits and/or Mutual

MS Recognitions.

2) One MS Authority permit is not valid in other MS.

Need Mutual Recognition procedure.

3) Coming up… EU Fertilizer Regulation EC 2003/2003

(started up in 2011 completed before 2020)

4) Voluntarily biochar certifications: no any

legal/technical effects and validity!

BIOCHAR PRODUCT APPLICATION AUTHORITY PERMIT

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE authority permits

EU MEMBER STATE CASE STUDY

• National Authority in Hungary: National Food Chan Safety Office

• HU permit number: 02.5/67/7/2009, upgraded in 2015 meets the

past 5 years EU regulation changes.

• Applicant: Terra Humana Ltd.,

• Product: Animal Bone bioChar + fungus, yield enhancing

substance.

• The permit sets the quality and safety requirements: minimum

nutrient content, maximum level of contaminants and product

labelling conditions in line with CLP Regulation.

• The permit and test procedure has been executed in the accredited test

fields and accredited laboratories of the Government Authority between

2005-2009.

• HU permit extension to other MS: by Mutual Recognition (EC

764/2008).

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE PRODUCT APPLICATION AUTHORITY

PERMIT

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE Authority permits

EU MEMBER STATE CASE STUDY

ABC biochar quality and safety

parameters in the permit

(FVM decree 36/2006 V.18. HU )

PAH19 = key quality indicator

BIO-PHOSPHATE EFFICIENCY TRIALS 2005-2017

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE authority permits

For validation of the ABC effects several open field and green house cultivation tests have been executed in Germany, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary.

Doses was 400 – 1000 kg/ha, usual dose 300 kg/ha.

The detailed Authority permit test investigation has been going on in by different independent and accredited departments from the HU national Soil and Plant Protection Authority under EU legislation.

OPEN FIELD TEST „MIGAL” Israel (2006-208)


OPEN FIELD TEST „MIGAL” Israel (2006-208)


Control

ABC ABC

GREENHOUSE TEST at ARPAD Agricultural Cooperative, HU

(2008)


ABC ABC

Summary results of the REFERTIL field trials (2011-2015)

Animal bone char (ABC) can be used as organic fertilizer

(100-400 kg/ha) and mixed in growing media (0.1-5% v/v).

Nutrients present in ABC biochar products are taken up by

tomato plants: organic by-products are successfully

recycled and replaces the use of mineral P and K

fertilizers in agricultural crop production.

Mycorrhiza and nutrient solubilising bacteria can be

combined with the application of biochar and compost

products in agriculture and horticulture.


“Agroinnova” - Italy nursery and open field farm

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE authority permits TERRA HUMANA Ltd. • www.3Ragrocarbon.com • [email protected]

potting trials on vegetable crops (zucchini,

lettuce) to evaluate the use biochar as soil

improvers, organic fertilizers or growing media;

suppressiveness trials on cucumber, to evaluate

the capacity of biochar to control plant

pathogens;

field trials on tomato, pepper and lettuce, to

validate the use of compost and biochar in

farms located in Italy.

ABC BIO-PHOSHATE showed a good fertilization effect on crops, while plant based biochar had few effects on yields and results vary according to soil type.

Field trials on strawberry in Slovenia


In trials carried out by KOTO, Slovenia, ABC biochar has been applied in field trials and compared to one mineral fertilizer. During the first year of the trial, the application of 130 kg/ha of animal bone char (ABC) provided yields similar to the application of 800 kg/ha of mineral fertilizers. The achieved results indicate the possibility to use selected ABC biochar for substituting chemical fertilizers.

ABC BIO-PHOSPHATE with

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi,

University of Hannover


Mycorrhizal fungi have much better tools for extraction of bound nutrients

compared to plant roots, and allow much better plant growth if mycorrhizal fungi

are applied together with biochar (right group of plants in the picture, left = ABC

alone).

Effects ABC on the functioning of the arbuscular mycorrhizal

symbiosis (AM)


P-uptake and transfer to Tomato plants = “P-bridge function”

AM ABC-SM7 ABC-SM7 + AM

2% (v/v) 2% (v/v)

BIO-PHOSPHATE AUTHORITY PERMIT TEST IN HUNGARY


Summary of the biological efficiency trials


NURSERY APPLICATION

Already in the seedling period was

realized 2-3 centimeters differences

benefit for the ABC products in

greenhouse NURSERY.

TEST CONDITION:

Soil Type: horticultural soiless mix

pH(KCl): 7.19

Test plant: Sweet pepper (Capsium annuum)‏



GREENHOUSE APPLICATION

No. Treatments

Dose

(kg/ha)‏

Date of planting/

first harvest

YIELD Related to the Non

treated Control

‏(%)

1 Untreated CONTROL - 29.05.2008

10.07.2008 100.0

2 ABC 400

29.05.2008

10.07.2008 364.6

3 ABC 600 29.05.2008

10.07.2008 296.9

4 ABC 1000 29.05.2008

10.07.2008 630.2

ABC – Biochar treatments resulted EARLINESS concerning YIELD RESULTS at the

first harvest, compared with the untreated control.

Test plant: Sweet Pepper (Capsium annuum), Date of sowing: 31.03.2008 , Cultivation:

Greenhouse, Soil Type: horticultural soiless mix, pH(KCl): 7.19



GREENHOUSE APPLICATION

Significantly INCREASED PLANT YIELD and QUALITY after the ABC treatment in

GREENHOUSE cultivation (Sweet pepper)

Totalizing the results off all harvests, it can be stated that Agrocarbon in all rates

favourably influenced the yield results, and under the effect of 600 and 1000 kg/ha

treatments, the fruit mass results also showed positive significant differences.

Treatment Treatment Rate

(kg/ha)‏

YIELD INCREASEMENT (%)‏

related to the Non-Treated Control

‏(%)

ABC 400 151,2

ABC 600 172,0

ABC 1000 202,0

Mode of evaluation: total plot , Test plant: Sweet pepper (Capsium annuum)

Soil Type: horticultural soiless mix, pH(KCl): 7.19

No any phytotoxic and starvation symptoms observed in case of any of ABC

treatments.

NEXT STEPS 2018….


Industrial replication model installation under

the integrated EU, Australian and US industrial

and environmental norms and standards with

20800 t/y throughput capacity.

SHOW ME cases for horticultural farmers.

REACH certification in the EU.

Biochar enduser and market organizations.

Recovered ABC Phosphorus and formulated

BIO-NPK-C advisory center.

THANK YOU


CONTACT:

Edward Someus Coordinator, biochar S&T key tech designer

E-mail: [email protected] http://www.3Ragrocarbon.com

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