|
|
Jewish World Review
http://www.jewishworldreview.com |
(UPI) -- In laboratory tests, Pennsylvania State University environmental engineers have shown wastewater from
three food processors can produce hydrogen gas worth more than $80,000 a year.
"In addition to hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel and industrial feedstock, methane, the main
component of natural gas, can be generated from the wastewaters," doctoral candidate Steven Van Ginkel
and researcher Sang-Eun Oh, say in a statement.
By using a continuous fermentation process, nearly all of the energy can be stripped out of the wastewater
in forms that people can use now, according to Van Ginkel.
"Over 10 billion BTUs of energy from methane could be produced every year at a single one of these food
processing plants," says Van Ginkel.
Appreciate this type of reporting? Why not sign-up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here.
Comment by clicking here.
|