[Gasification] Sweden's trash project

[Arnt Karlsen]

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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