June 27th, 2005
Oil at $60 a Barrel? How About Fuel From Pig Manure
Some time ago, reader Rick Markey insisted we share this tidbit about a technology that aims to turn pig manure into fuel. With oil going through the roof, we thought the info was timely.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, “Manure from 25 sewer lagoons at Circle Four will be piped into one of four concentrators where 85 percent of the solids floating in the manure will be captured and then moved to an oxygen-free digester. here, methane will be released from the solids by carbon-chewing bacteria stimulated by an environment kept at 95 degrees. The gaseous methane is then turned into liquid methanol using a thermocatalytic reaction that heats the methane to 200 degrees.”
Ray says:
Now all they have to do is find and hire MasterBlaster to run the joint!
June 27th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
SomeDumbGuy says:
Not exactly a silk purse from a sow’s “ear”…. but it’s a start.
June 27th, 2005 at 8:50 pm
Mike says:
Aunty Alice? lol
Mike
Or shall I say - Mad Mike
June 28th, 2005 at 4:22 am
Alan Fargusson says:
I can’t remember ware, but just yesterday I was reading that the energy produced from methane is less then the energy required to extract the methane. This looks like it does not solve that problem. The amount of energy needed to heat the solids and power the thermo catalytic reaction is probably more then the energy output from burning the methane.
June 28th, 2005 at 9:19 am
Dolemite says:
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June 28th, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Oil At $60 A Barrel. How About Fuel From Pig Manure?
Some time ago, reader Rick Markey insisted we share this tidbit about a technology that aims to turn pig manure into fuel. With oil going through the roof, we thought the info was timely. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, “Manure from 25 sewer lagoo…
June 30th, 2005 at 4:23 am
William Ramsey says:
Discover Magazine has had a couple of stories over the past couple or three years on this general topic–converting organic waste such as manure, chicken skin and other waste, etc. into diesel fuel. Apparently a small fraction of the fuel produced can power the process.
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