US 2026/0098635 A1 · SMART AGRICULTURE BIOCHAR PRODUCTION YIELD PREDICTION AND MEASUREMENT

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for smart agriculture biochar production, yield prediction, and measurement. The system utilizes real time remote sensing of the local environment, weather and related conditions, and data analysis on spatial and spectral imagery data captured from satellite sensors, aerial sensors, and agricultural drones. The system performs a field mapping of a target field having a biomass and obtaining spectral imagery data of the biomass. A mobile pyrolysis system is deployed about the target field and follows a path derived from the spectral imagery data.

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Dependent claims

A method in-field production of biochar, comprising the operations:

performing a field mapping of a target field having a biomass and obtaining spectral imagery data of the biomass;
using the spectral imagery data of the biomass to identify biomass feedstock to generate a vegetation index;
determining a drive path based on the vegetation index, wherein the drive path comprises a series of geo-spatial locations;
and
deploying a mobile pyrolysis system, the mobile pyrolysis system comprising a reactor with controllable parameters to adjust the pyrolysis operation of the reactor;
and
performing by the deployed mobile pyrolysis system an in-field biochar production operation of the biomass by following the determined drive path about the target field area.

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An in-field biomass pyrolysis system for the production of biochar, comprising:

a system comprising one or more processors configured to perform the operation of:
performing a field mapping of a target field having a biomass and obtaining spectral imagery data of the biomass;
using the spectral imagery data of the biomass to identify biomass feedstock to generate a vegetation index;
and
determining a drive path based on the vegetation index, wherein the drive path comprises a series of geo-spatial locations;
and
a mobile pyrolysis system comprising a reactor with controllable parameters to adjust the pyrolysis operation of the reactor, wherein the mobile pyrolysis system is configured to perform the operation of:
performing an in-field biochar production operation of the biomass by following the determined drive path about the target field area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application

19/350,924Filed 6 Oct 2025

Priority

4 Oct 2024

Published

9 Apr 2026

Term ends

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Classification21 codes

F23G 5/027
With pretreatment: pyrolising or gasifying stage
A01B 79/02
Methods for working soil: combined with other agricultural processing, e.g. fertilising, planting
C10B 53/02
Destructive distillation, specially adapted for particular solid raw materials or solid raw materials in special form: of cellulose-containing…
F23G 5/40
Incineration of waste ; Incinerator constructions; Details, accessories or control therefor: portable or mobile incinerators

Smart agriculture biochar production yield prediction and measurement

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Smart agriculture biochar production yield prediction and measurement

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