Skip to main content

Poop Powered MegaWatts

A Chinese Dairy Farm Made The World's Largest Machine For Turning Crap Into Power

A Chinese Dairy Farm Made The World's Largest Machine For Turning Crap Into PowerWhat happens when a Chinese dairy farm takes the excrement from 60,000 of its 250,000 cows and converts it into electricity? They generate 5.66 megawatts of power, which is roughly enough to power 3500 American homes.

According to Technology Review, Huishan Dairy has created a methane converter that is over 10 times the size of similar such devices. Powered by four of the GE engines pictured above, the converter captures methane from fermenting cow poop and turns it into power. Pop Sci does a good job of summarizing the science behind the converter, which involves processes like hydrodesulfurization and anaerobic digestion, so on and so forth.

But what's really interesting here is that the scale of this converter might be more economically appealing to dairy farms in the US. Currently, methane converter in the US only generates 2 megawatts of power, and are only used by 1% of farms. And considering the plant in China could reduce carbon emssions by over 180,000 tons, I'm sure such a converter would have the full support of green freaks stateside. [Technology Review via PopSci]

Popular posts from this blog

Daftar Alamat Bank Jabar Banten (BJB) Jakarta

Alamat dan telpon Kantor Cabang , Kantor Cabang Pembantu, dan Kantor Kas Bank Jabar dan Banten yang berlokasi di Jakarta meliputi wilayah Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Timur , Jakarta Barat, Jakarta Utara, Jakarta Selatan Kantor Cabang - Bank Jabar Banten - Jakarta Nama KC Alamat Telpon Fax JAKARTA Bank DEVISA Jl.Jend.Sudirman Kav.2 Gedung Arthaloka Lt.Dasar & Lt.4 Jakarta Pusat 021-2511448, 2511449 021-2511450, 2514415 HASYIM ASHARI Jl. KH. Hasyim Ashari No. 32-34, Jakarta Pusat 021-6330676 021-6324430 MANGGA DUA Gedung Masterina Jl. Mangga Dua Raya Blok F1 No. 1-3 Jakarta Pusat 021-62204094, 62204095, 62204096 021-62204093 KEBAYORAN BARU Graha Iskandarsyah Lt. 2 JL. Iskandarsyah Raya no. 66 C Kebayoran Baru 12160 - Jakarta Selatan 021-7229777, 7207334 021-7206990, 7209941 RAWAMANGUN Jl. Pemuda No. 97 Kec. Pulogadung - Jakarta Timur 021-47861771, 47868072, 47868073 021-47863209 Kantor Cabang Pembantu - Bank Jabar Banten - Jakarta NAMA KCP ALAMAT TELPON ...
Read more

#instagram

via Instagram http://ift.tt/2c9SbXo
Read more

Bitcoin Membantu Hidup Gelandangan

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/bitcoin-homeless/ Homeless, Unemployed, and Surviving on Bitcoins BY  DANIELA HERNANDEZ 09.20.13 6:30 AM Paul Harrison, Chris Kantola, and Jesse Angle, scrounging for bitcoins outside a public library in Pensacola, Florida. Photo: Michael Spooneybarger/WIRED Jesse Angle is homeless, living on the streets of Pensacola, Florida. Sometimes he spends the night at a local church. Other nights, he sleeps behind a building in the heart of the city, underneath a carport that protects him from the rain. Each morning, he wakes up, grabs some food, and makes his way to Martin Luther King Plaza, a downtown park built where the trolley tracks used to run. He likes this park because his friends hang out there too, and it's a good place to pick up some spending money. But he doesn't panhandle. He uses the internet. The park offers free wireless access, and with his laptop, Angle watches YouTube videos in exchange for bitcoin...
Read more