ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Assessment through
Pyrogenic Biomass: Case for Turkey
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Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 15030 Burdur, Turkey
Submission date: 2020-09-08
Final revision date: 2020-10-14
Acceptance date: 2020-10-31
Online publication date: 2021-02-08
Publication date: 2021-04-16
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(3):2467-2475
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Global climate change driven by anthropogenic activities have diverted the attention on the
development of the methods for atmospheric carbon dioxide capturing and sequestration, the so
called negative emission technologies (NETs). Pyrolysis is one of the most environmentally friendly
conversion technologies for waste disposal that are being developed to convert waste materials into
energy and valuable products. Biochar is high carbon content pyrogenic solid material obtained by
thermal degradation of biomass in an oxygen-free medium. High nutrients content in biochar makes
it a suitable material for soil amendment purposes. Furthermore, biochar acts as a carbon sink to
reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions thus can play a significant role in the control of
environmental pollutants by carbon negative emissions. In this study, the carbon dioxide sequestration
potential assessment of a wide range of biomass including agricultural residues, forestry residues,
livestock manure and municipal solid waste (MSW) in Turkey have carried out. The results revealed that
pyrogenic carbon bio-sequestration in Turkey is possible with negative emissions potential of biomass is
60.38 Mton CO2eq/year, which accounts for 16 % of the total annual carbon dioxide emission. Biochar
is an untapped resource for emission abatement strategies.