[Gasification] Sweden's trash project
Arnt Karlsen
arnt at c2i.net
Thu Nov 8 07:55:38 CST 2012
On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:46:41 -0600, Robert wrote in message
<2E638D4475914749A9F74E769E286E76 at RobertPC>:
> Below is a link to a NPR story on Sweden's conversion of trash to
> energy. There is no mention of the method used.
..read again, and slower this time. ;o)
> Does anyone know if this is gasification?
..only the kind you get in common district heat boilers. ;o)
> If you read the article, other countries are
> paying Sweden to take their trash and Sweden produces energy from
> it. Is there a chance that this could actually be cost effective?
..hell yeah, trash dump fees are easily US$250 per ton and
holds around 2/3 of the energy of wood, so do the math. ;o)
..for Norway, it probably keeps Statoil.com from having to
compete against e.g. EU MSW in e.g. my kinda gasifiers.
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/28/163823839/sweden-wants-your-trash?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20121104
>
> Thanks
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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