First Test of Our Biochar FireBox Under CRADA With US Forest Service a Success

Last Spring, Air Burners announced its partnership with the USDA Forest Service under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to explore augmentations to its FireBoxes to optimize Biochar production in the forest. The goal was to develop a commercially viable Biochar production machine that would be low cost and able to simultaneously provide sound elimination of wood waste with reasonable production of Biochar. It also must be easy to operate and maintain and portable or mobile with a small footprint, such as to minimize disturbing the forest floor. Our design goal incorporates these premises.

Air Burners recently tested a Biochar prototype machine based on a modified BurnBoss, a trailer mounted FireBox with a 12-foot refractory burn chamber. The system successfully produced ample Biochar thereby proving the design’s viability. In the next development phase, the Biochar-BurnBoss will be refined with the aim in mind to keep in under a $75,000 price threshold.

All Air Burners FireBoxes, including the BurnBoss have been extensively officially tested for their superior performance to meet air emissions and fugitive particulate releases from the wood waste combustion process. They meet all with flying colors and respective documentation to verify that is available on request.