"autoclaving and pyrolysis gasifier"

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 Hi All,

If you people remember I had sent out a query on a technology called '
"autoclaving and pyrolysis gasifier"  being developed in Australia.

Well GP Australia have sent this information. They will be digging deeper.
As soon as some more info  comes through I shall pass it on.

Shanthi!

samir
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The $2 million grant, one of five awarded from a field of 41 proposals,
will go towards the design and installation of a Solid Waste Energy
Recycling Facility (SWERF) at Wollongong City Council's Whytes Gully
landfill site.

The technology has been developed by Energy Developments Limited, recipient
of the grant. The facility will recover reusable and recyclable resources
prior to the conversion of the organic components into gas and then
electricity.

 

Oppornity for industry
The SWERF technology comprises a combination of new processes acquired or
developed by Energy Developments over the past three years and presents a
major opportunity for Australia renewable energy and waste management
industries, both here and in overseas markets.

SWERF is a sophisticated, environmentally friendly energy recovery facility
that, with integrated recycling, has the added potential to eliminate the
landfilling of putrescible waste from municipal solid wastes and selected
components of commercial waste streams.

A SWERF is a combination of three separate technologies:

* an initial pre-treatment process separates recyclable products from the
waste stream and converts the balance into a biomass feedstock,

. SWERF converts this feedstock into a biomass fuel gas using a pyrolytic
gasification process; 

and high efficiency engine generator sets are run on this fuel to produce
renewable ('green') electricity for sale to the grid.

A by-product of the clean gasification process is char' which can be
utilised in composting or agricultural applications.

The individual components of the SWERF have been proved in either
stand-alone applications or as part of other technology groups. The project
at Whytes Gully landfill facility in Wollongong represents the first
integrated SXWRF combining the three prime technologies in a fully
commercial project application.

By preventing the formation and resulting escape of landfill gas into the
atmosphere, the SWERF process will have a substantial impact on greenhouse
gas emissions. Each well tonne of dry organic waste converted into
electricity should reduce these emissions by more than 7000 kilograms of
C02 equivalent.

Energy Developments Limited believes that the SWERF technology will provide
a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions approximately five times that of
other renewable technologies, including wind and solar, per unit of
electricity ,,generated.

 




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