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India produces 540 million tones of crop & plant residues per annum
India produces 540 million tonnes of crop and plantation residues every year, a large portion of which is either wasted or used inefficiently. Estimates show that even with the present use of these residues and by using only the surplus biomass materials, estimated at 150 million tonnes, about 17,000MW of distributed power could be generated, which is almost 15 per cent of existing installed power capacity. - Read More
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100 MT of cow dung for 300 kW of power
It is estimated that about 100 metric tones of cattle dung would be required to generate 300 kW of power. Now, that is not neat - 300 kW? - Read More
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Chemrec's gasification plant produces fuel from paper and pulp mills
Chemrec?s gasification plant in New Bern, NC. The paper mill there consumes up to 330 tons of black liquor per day--a mixture of caustic chemicals and dissolved wood left over from the bleaching of pulp for paper production. It currently produces a clean burning gas that provides heat energy to the mill, and recycles the caustic chemicals. - Read More
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Components of a gasifier
One of the gasifiers (GEM) which is a unique mobile gasifier, has the following sections - shredder (which shreds the incoming solid waste to confetti-sized flakes), a dryer, and then a pelletizer (which compresses them into dense little cylinders), and finally the gasification unit - Read More
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Cow Manure to Biogas
This is an interesting source of energy often used in developing and poor countries
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Landfill methane power plants
In 1990, 117 landfill methane power plants were in operation (where? In the US?)
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Separating urine and feces is a useful idea
Just as we separate plastic, cardboard, and newspaper, says Rosemarin, we should separate urine, feces, and greywater. As a first step down this road, some companies are producing new types of toilets. One idea, pioneered in Sweden, is known as urine diversion. The basic concept is that the toilet has two receptacles for the different kinds of waste. - Read More
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Small digesters for waste breakdown
Small digesters (devices that break down waste by feeding it to anaerobic bacteria) exist in many places worldwide, primarily in places where power is used onsite
Tags : anaerobic digestion biomass municipal waste waste disposal
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Waste to energy combustion plants in US
In 1997, 112 waste to energy combustion plants were in operation in the US, combusting about 17% of municipal waste (about 37 million T)
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