OurCarbon for Batteries from Hemp to be Tested in OSU Grant

Bioforcetech has been working with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and power storage innovator Florrent to understand how domestic agricultural biomass can be converted into carbons for power storage. The investigation seeks to leverage Hemp over a two year trajectory, producing biochars from our bench scale Sigma unit and then passing them to Florrent for activation and testing. These new forms of OurCarbon could help pave the way to domestic power infrastructure that draws down carbon in its production.

Successfully scaling pyrolysis of biosolids is not easy, but it has led us to produce an extremely precise and highly engineered pyrolysis process with high emissions standards. Thanks to the OSU Global Hemp Innovation Center (GHIC), we will all be able to understand how this technology can be leveraged for new industries like power storage. 

About the Global Hemp Innovation Center

OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center (GHIC) is home to world-leading experts in hemp research, extension, and education and is the most comprehensive of its kind in the nation. GHIC is advancing hemp and its market potential fostering innovation across all segments of the hemp supply chain, leveraging the expertise of faculty from diverse disciplines who partner with federal and state agencies and industry sectors to help solve challenges in meeting the growing demand for food, fiber, chemicals, and other products made from hemp.