Pyrolysis-Retort Machine for Agriculture Development: Conversion of Biomass to Bio-products in Egypt https://www.facebook.com/NORTH.SINAI.SCHOOL.BIOCHAR/?ref=bookmarks
Kari Tiilikkala & Oiva Niemeläinen; Natural Resources Institute, LUKE, Finland Magdy M. Mohamed, Deiaaeldin A. Ahmed & Eslam M. Abbas; Field Crops Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
Biomass: Plant matter such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops or other biological material. It can be used as a solid fuel, or converted into liquid or gaseous forms for the production of electric power, heat, chemicals, or fuels. Stages of Combustion of Solids: 1. Drying 2. Devolatilisation A. Pyrolysis B. Gasification 3. Flaming Combustion 4. Residual Char Combustion
Seminars: Implemented of 1-Seminar: 1st Seminar: Agricultural Residues Management with Conservation Agriculture: Potential, Constraints and Needs {Prof. Dr. Kari Tiilikkala}. 05 June 2014 Place: FCRI-Field Crops Research Institute, Giza, Giza-Governorate No. of Attendees: 63 No. of Females: 25 No. of Males: 38
The Tar Product Liquid from Tomato Straw Is Best One as Herbicide, especially, on Field Bindweed ( Convolvulus arvensis )
46-Slow Pyrolysis Cycles were done using Retort Machine as follow: 1. Tomato Straw (Solanum lycopersicum L.) {15-Cycles}. 2. Cantaloupe Straw (Cucumis melo L.) {10-Cycles}. 3. Remnants of Date Palms (Phoenix dactylifera) {10-Cycles}. 4. Remnants of Olive Trees (Olea europaea) {10-Cycles}. 5. Tamarix (Tamarix nilotica) {1-Cycle}.
Wokshops : Implemented of 4-Wokshops: 1.1st Workshop: Converting Agricultural Waste to Bio-products Between Theory and Practice. 18-19 February 2014 Place: Rabaa Village, Rummana, North Sinai-Governorate No. of Attendees & Farmers: 49 No. of Females: 17 No. of Males: 32 2. 3rd Workshop: Agricultural Residues Management {Prof. Dr. Kari Tiilikkala}. 05-06 June 2014 Place: Ektia Village, Rummana Agriculture-Dept.; Bir Al-Abed District; North Sinai-Governorate No. of Attendees & Farmers: 64 No. of Females: 35 No. of Males: 29 3. 4th Workshop: Converting Agricultural Waste to Bio-products Between Theory and Practice In North Sinai-Governorate. 23-24 June 2014 Place: Sadat Village, Bir Al-Abed, North Sinai-Governorate No. of Attendees & Farmers: 52 No. of Females: 15 No. of Males: 37 9th Workshop: Pyrolysis of Agricultural Residues: Production and Characterization of Bio-char Soils Management. 09-11 March 2015 Place: IARS: Ismailia-Agriculture Research Station, Ismailia Governorate No. of Attendees: 92 No. of Females: 52 No. of Males: 40 Acknowledgements: The project is supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland EGY/ICI MTT/FCRI-14208006. The Research Work As A Part of Result (4&5): “Improved Capacity at FCRI to Participate in International Research Collaboration”, and “Development of New Agro-technologies for Improvement of Water Holding Capacity of Sandy Soils”.
NJF-490 Seminar: Nordic Agrifood Expertise for Development, Helsinki, Finland, 22.01.2016 The project “Enhancing Development of Water Use Efficient Crops & Production Methods to Dry and Saline Conditions” is supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland .