Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Researchers at Northeastern University claim to have designed an apparatus that can convert plastic waste into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions. Look for innovative methods of transforming waste into energy over the rest of the decade. R.C.J.
Northeastern University has demonstrated a waste combustor that breaks down non-biodegradable plastics to create an alternative source of fuel--a gas that can be burned with oxidants to generate heat that drives an electricity generator with steam. Transforming waste plastic into an alternative fuel was the task set to Northeastern University researchers by Engineering Professor Yiannis Levendis. The capstone of that nine-month project is what the team calls a waste combustor—a device that breaks down non-biodegradable plastics into a gaseous fuel that can be burned to generate steam that drives an electricity generator...
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Posted by R. Colin Johnson at 9:59 AM