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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Assess bio-char carbon storage system feasibility
  2. Determine facility requirements
  3. Design a bio-char carbon storage facility
  4. Plan implementation of bio-char carbon storage facility

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

Conduct a feasibility study for the design and construction of a bio-char carbon storage for one of the following users:

harvesting operators

forest owners

sawmill operators

timber processing and manufacturing facilities

industries supplying feedstock

government departments and councils

agricultural businesses

Complete a report recommending the optimum type of system to meet the user’s needs including the method of pyrolysis.

Develop design specifications, a construction plan and budget for building the facility.


Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

Purpose and content, at an in-depth level of understanding, of mandated and voluntary industry codes of practice for operating bio-char storage systems.

Carbon marketing principles.

Quality management systems for chemical production.

Fundamental principles of chemistry as they apply to the operation and stability of bio-char facilities.

Features and uses of environmental protection monitoring systems associated with a bio-char facility.

Common user needs and requirements for bio-char storage systems, including:

by-products of a pyrolysis system

waste management options

carbon sequestration priorities

land management priorities

development priorities

investor interests

financial returns

environmental outputs

social responsibility

sustainability

input usage

Meaning of pyrolysis, differing methods and benefits of each , including:

slow pyrolysis

fast pyrolysis

intermediate pyrolysis

carbonisation

gasification

Types of feedstock used for bio-char processes, characteristics and range of outputs associated with each, including:

wood products, including:

harvesting residues

green mill residue

dry mill residue

residue from other wood fibre processing operations

agricultural waste

crops grown for the consumption of bio-char plants

manure and waste from intensive animal farming systems

municipal waste

Process conditions for bio-char systems, including:

temperature

residence time

heating rate

feed stock preparation

Format, content and use of design specifications and construction plans.