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2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
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2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-in-d...icity.html

Quote:"Our prototype incorporates innovations so that it can process five times more sewage six times more efficiently at half the cost of its predecessors," said Orianna Bretschger, Ph.D., who presented a report on the improved technology at the ACS meeting.
"We've improved its energy recovery capacity from about 2 percent to as much as 13 percent, which is a great step in the right direction. That actually puts us in a realm where we could produce a meaningful amount of electricity if this technology is implemented commercially. Eventually, we could have wastewater treatment for free. That could mean availability for cleaner water in the developing world, or in southern California and other water-short areas of the United States through the use of more wastewater recycling technologies," she said.
Current wastewater treatment technology involves a number of steps designed to separate the solid and liquid components of sewage and clean the wastewater before it is released into a waterway. This often involves settling tanks, macerators that break down larger objects, membranes to filter particles, biological digestion steps and chemicals that kill harmful microbes. One estimate puts their energy use at 2 percent of overall consumption in the U.S.
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RE: 2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
Fascinating. This era appears to waste many products that can actually be used to construct and power industrial facilities, as well as manufacture myriad consumer goods.

Has your species learned to harness nuclear salts for thorium type reactors yet?
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RE: 2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
(April 1, 2012 at 3:45 pm)Lieutenant Commander Data Wrote: Has your species learned to harness nuclear salts for thorium type reactors yet?

I'm working on it now. Smile
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