Episode 78: Benefits and Uses for Biochar with Tom Miles

Published: April 18, 2021, 6 p.m.

b'Our guest this week is Tom Miles.\\n\\nTom is the president of T.R. Miles, Technical Consultants, Portland, Oregon, a biomass energy consulting firm, which\\xa0designs, develops, installs, and commissions systems for processing wood,\\xa0agricultural, and urban residues. Innovative biomass systems include\\xa0pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion, sizing, drying, densification,\\xa0handling, modification of boilers and gasifiers to improve efficiency and\\xa0emissions, and systems to recycle nutrients. He has developed heat and\\xa0power systems in developing countries. His knowledge of ash\\xa0transformations in biomass led to recycling nutrients using pyrolysis of\\xa0residues to biochar which can improve soil health and sequester carbon. He has sponsored and hosted online discussions of biomass energy and\\xa0biochar since 1994. He is past chairman of the International Biochar\\xa0Initiative and Executive Director of the US Biochar Initiative. Now on to the show!\\n\\nhttps://www.kisorganics.com/blogs/podcast/episode-78-benefits-and-uses-for-biochar-with-tom-miles'