There is a need to practice sustainable development if we want to see our environment conserved to serve us and the future generation.
We tend to forget that we share the environment with a range of macro and microorganisms that only survives in a range of specific climatic conditions.
As the world population keeps on increasing, the waste generated increases ten fold too.
This waste contains both non-biodegradable and biodegradable contents.
If sustainable technology can be adopted, the waste will be of great use to the people.
The biomass part of the waste can be converted thermally into energy by use of combustion, pyrolysis and gasification.
Out of the three methods, gasification is the most efficient and environmentally friendly.
Gasification is a thermochemical conversion process whereby biomass: food residue, maize cobs, husks among others, are put into a reactor/gasifier that reacts at 800-1,300°c in an oxygen-limited environment to produce a gas that is used as an alternative energy.
This gas is a low calorific value gas containing hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2).
This gas is then converted into different useful products such as jet fuel, ethanol, synthetic diesel and chemicals such as methanol and synthetic lubricants.
The gasifier reactor can convert wastes; municipal solid waste, agricultural and industrial wastes, waste wood, sewage sludge, bagasse, rice husk and other associated wastes.
These wastes converted in a gasifier reactors can now be used to make renewable energy.
Some advantages of this technology include sustainable and affordable alternative energy source.
Alternative energy reduces greenhouse gases emitted, mitigating climate change impacts.
If the gasification technology is adopted in our industries and country at large, we will benefit from the green economy and reduce effects of climate change.
Gasification technology is new to the third world countries that have waste management problems.
Waste management is an expensive process, yet the urban centers were not planned with the future in mind, this has seen an increase in wastes ton after ton.
Waste management has been straining county governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and other third world nations whose garbage collection sites have become a menace to the environment.
Some of the problems associated with uncollected waste include health problems like cholera, water pollution, air pollution, hide out to the street children and source of methane which is one of the greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change.
Finally, let each one of us make good use of waste biomass for the benefit of our environment.
We tend to forget that we share the environment with a range of macro and microorganisms that only survives in a range of specific climatic conditions.
As the world population keeps on increasing, the waste generated increases ten fold too.
This waste contains both non-biodegradable and biodegradable contents.
If sustainable technology can be adopted, the waste will be of great use to the people.
The biomass part of the waste can be converted thermally into energy by use of combustion, pyrolysis and gasification.
Out of the three methods, gasification is the most efficient and environmentally friendly.
Gasification is a thermochemical conversion process whereby biomass: food residue, maize cobs, husks among others, are put into a reactor/gasifier that reacts at 800-1,300°c in an oxygen-limited environment to produce a gas that is used as an alternative energy.
This gas is a low calorific value gas containing hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), methane (CH4) and nitrogen (N2).
This gas is then converted into different useful products such as jet fuel, ethanol, synthetic diesel and chemicals such as methanol and synthetic lubricants.
The gasifier reactor can convert wastes; municipal solid waste, agricultural and industrial wastes, waste wood, sewage sludge, bagasse, rice husk and other associated wastes.
These wastes converted in a gasifier reactors can now be used to make renewable energy.
Some advantages of this technology include sustainable and affordable alternative energy source.
Alternative energy reduces greenhouse gases emitted, mitigating climate change impacts.
If the gasification technology is adopted in our industries and country at large, we will benefit from the green economy and reduce effects of climate change.
Gasification technology is new to the third world countries that have waste management problems.
Waste management is an expensive process, yet the urban centers were not planned with the future in mind, this has seen an increase in wastes ton after ton.
Waste management has been straining county governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and other third world nations whose garbage collection sites have become a menace to the environment.
Some of the problems associated with uncollected waste include health problems like cholera, water pollution, air pollution, hide out to the street children and source of methane which is one of the greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change.
Finally, let each one of us make good use of waste biomass for the benefit of our environment.
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