What is a waste-to-gas expert? Waste-to-Gas technologies are those used to convert waste into gaseous energy products like syngas, biogas, or flue gas. There are many types of waste, including biomass waste, municipal solid waste…
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Coal Gasification
Coal has historically been used to supply electricity, with most burned at coal-fired power plants. Coal gasification is a newer thermo-chemical process in which the gasifier’s heat and pressure break down coal into basic chemical…
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Renewable Energy Plant Engineering
Engineers experienced in renewable energy plant engineering understand that there are unique aspects of the industry that necessitates the heavy reliance on specific industry best practices in the execution of engineering for renewable energy projects. Some…
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Wastewater Plant Energy Balance
Wastewater treatment plants are major energy consumers. Much of the energy consumption at domestic wastewater treatment plants are needed to provide oxygen for biological treatment or to pump or mix wastewater. In recent years, wastewater facility…
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Railroad Tie Pyrolysis
Railroad tie pyrolysis presents some interesting opportunities. In the U.S. alone, over 20 million new wood railroad ties are installed every year. While wood is currently the best option for railroad ties (and utility poles)…
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Biotechnology – What is It?
In the emerging bioeconomy, the term “biotechnology” most often refers to the use of a biological process for an industrial purpose like the production of biofuels and biochemicals. There are many types of biotechnologies, including…
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Biomass Power Consultant
What is biomass power and what does a biomass power consultant do? Biomass power is carbon-neutral electricity generated from renewable organic waste that would otherwise be dumped in landfills, openly burned, or left on the…
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Chemical Recycling in Waste Management
The increasing amount of waste is one of the most challenging problems facing the world today. As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg)…
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Sewage and Sludge Treatment
Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from municipal wastewater coming mainly from household sewage and industrial wastewater. There are several physical, chemical, and biological processes that are used to remove contaminants to produce…
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Plastic Waste Recycling
Plastic is one of the most widely used and cheapest materials in the world today and plastic waste recycling is no longer optional. Virtually everything we use is either made from or wrapped in plastic….
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