Gasifier Biochar for Sustainable Decentralized Water Treatment in Developing Communities
Video from a seminar held at CU-Boulder, June 12, 2012. Slideshow/lecture 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes Q&A and discussion.
Presentation and discussion of field research and projects in northwestern Thailand conducted from Nov '11 - Apr '12
Topics include:
* initiation of a decentralized water treatment system monitoring program (including biochar filtration)
* developments in low-cost, environmentally sustainable, energy efficient, and operator friendly biomass gasification for making enhanced water filter (bio-)char
* a prototype portable multi-barrier drinking water treatment plant design
* service projects working with ethnic hill tribe refugees on the Burma border
Presented by Josh Kearns
Director of Science, Aqueous Solutions
PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering, CU-Boulder