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Biochar stability assessment by incubation and modelling: Methods, drawbacks and recommendations.

Lijian Leng¹, Xinwei Xu¹, Liang Wei¹

¹School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.

The Science of the Total Environment

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Biochar enhances climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. Accurate biochar stability assessment is crucial, with long-term incubation and specific modeling techniques proving most effective for reliable results.

Keywords:

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Biomass Pyrolysis

Background:

Biochar from biomass pyrolysis offers climate change mitigation via soil carbon sequestration and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Biochar's climate mitigation potential is directly linked to its stability (carbon recalcitrance) in soil.
Current methods for biochar stability assessment include C structure analysis, oxidation resistance, and incubation/modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

To review and provide comprehensive information on method strategies for biochar stability evaluation using incubation and modeling.
To discuss key issues influencing accurate biochar stability assessment, including biochar selection, experimental design, and data analysis.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on biochar stability assessment methodologies.
Focus on incubation and modeling techniques, the most common approach.
Discussion of critical factors: biochar type, experiment design, carbon mineralization determination, data expression, and model selection.

Main Results:

Incubation and modeling methods significantly influence biochar stability results due to inherent flexibility.
Improper use of these methods can lead to biased biochar stability assessments.
Long-term incubation, double-exponential modeling, C isotopic CO2 evolution, and field application favor accurate stability assessment.

Conclusions:

Standardized strategies for biochar stability assessment are needed to ensure reliable data for climate change mitigation.
Utilizing reference biochar materials can improve the consistency and accuracy of stability evaluations.
Optimized incubation and modeling approaches are essential for maximizing biochar's role in carbon sequestration.