Beatriz Belmonte

University of Santo Tomas | UST · Department of Chemical Engineering

Enhanced weathering of alkaline rocks and minerals is a negative emissions technology (NET) that is potentially scalable to deliver gigaton-level carbon dioxide removal (CDR) for climate change mitigation. This technique relies on the acceleration of naturally occurring weathering reactions with water and carbon dioxide by reducing these substances...

Biochar application and enhanced weathering are negative emission technologies (NETs) with the potential for large-scale deployment for the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. Biochar is a solid product of pyrolysis that can permanently store carbon when applied in soil due to its chemical recalcitrance. Enhanced weathering is based on the accelera...

Agricultural residues can be utilized by developing countries as a feedstock for producing various bioenergy products to be able to meet local demand. Such initiatives may help reduce the dependence of a country on fossil fuel imports and, at the same time, maximize a vast amount of untapped biomass resources. The production of biofuels and biochem...

Biochar-based carbon management networks (BCMNs) are systems that are intended to strategically plan carbon sequestration via systematic production and allocation of biochars for long-term storage to agricultural lands and for simultaneous improvement of soil properties. Other significant potential benefit includes supply of clean energy in gaseous...

An integrated biorefinery (IBR) is a potential source of sustainable energy, biochemicals, and other high-value products. This biomass processing facility is developed by maximizing material and energy product (or by-product) exchanges between process units within an industrial plant. In the Philippines, vast amounts of agricultural residues (e.g.,...

Biochar-based carbon management networks (BCMNs) can achieve negative rates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by storing carbon fixed from the air in a stable form in soil. BCMNs can be optimized in the same manner as reverse supply chains using mathematical programming models; in particular, mixed integer linear programs (MILPs) are often used as...

Biochar-based carbon management networks (BCMNs) can be an effective climate change mitigation strategy. Such systems have the potential to sequester stable carbon in biochar through application to soil, thus achieving negative emissions through the net transfer of carbon from the atmosphere into the ground. There may also be secondary co-benefits...

The application of biochar to soil is a potentially significant way to achieve negative net emissions. Photosynthesis fixes carbon from the atmosphere during plant growth; subsequently, pyrolysis stabilizes the carbon in biomass into recalcitrant form, which results in long-term storage when the carbonized product is put in soil. However, effective...

Biochar is the stable, carbon-rich solid co-product of thermochemical biomass conversion. It has recently gained considerable interest, driven by the need to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration in soil. During pyrolysis, much of the carbon in biomass is transformed into recalcitrant form, so that biochar applied to soils results in...

Biochar is the carbon-rich solid product derived from thermochemical processing of biomass. Its application to soil can sequester atmospheric carbon, leading to negative net emissions, while also improving agricultural yield. Biochar-based carbon management networks thus have the potential for scalable contributions to climate change mitigation eff...

Biochar, a product obtained from pyrolysis of residual biomass, can be deliberately applied to soil to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and simultaneously improve soil fertility. These benefits can be potentially scaled up through biochar-based management networks. Such systems have a potential to store carbon dioxide in the long run and can th...

Biochar application to soil is a potentially scalable carbon management strategy with the capability of achieving negative greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, biochar is also linked to the water-energy-food nexus (WEFN) through its potential to modify soil properties to improve agricultural productivity. Potential benefits include increased yiel...

The adoption of bioenergy parks is a prospective solution to increase the sustainability of stand-alone biomass processing plants. Production and resource efficiency, lower carbon emissions, and economic sustainability are achieved by synergistic exchanges of material and energy resources between components plants. However, such increased plant int...