Garbage for Fuel & Construction- Breakthrough in Waste Management
University of Utah civil engineer Lawrence Reaveley came up with a potentially brilliant new idea for disposing off the enormous amount of garbage generated on the planet each day, in the form of a new patent idea that claims plastics – which make up the majority of wastes worldwide – could be used for construction purposes, sound, or heat insulation, as well as for generating electricity through burning.The present invention relates to methods for reclaiming plastics and cellulose materials for use in a variety of applications, including as alternative fuel sources.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the cellulose and plastic materials are shredded or ground, and then blended together. The blended materials can then be fed to an energy converter, such as a combustion unit or a gasifier, where they are burned as fuel source or used to create synthetic gas.Or the Blended materials are heated or have a binding element added thereto. Such mixture is then compressed to form a desired shape or sized object, and that object can then be packaged, distributed, or used. The blended object can be used as a fuel source, or as a building, sound attenuation, or insulation material.
Basically, slabs made of plastic, either pressed together with fiberglass of metal rods (for resistance), or melted so that the plastic keeps the mixture together, could be used for insulating buildings both thermally and acoustically. If they are reinforced, the slabs could also be used as walls and other high-strain construction elements, and could even be employed as a structure for new edifices.
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According to one embodiment of the invention, the cellulose and plastic materials are shredded or ground, and then blended together. The blended materials can then be fed to an energy converter, such as a combustion unit or a gasifier, where they are burned as fuel source or used to create synthetic gas.Or the Blended materials are heated or have a binding element added thereto. Such mixture is then compressed to form a desired shape or sized object, and that object can then be packaged, distributed, or used. The blended object can be used as a fuel source, or as a building, sound attenuation, or insulation material.
Basically, slabs made of plastic, either pressed together with fiberglass of metal rods (for resistance), or melted so that the plastic keeps the mixture together, could be used for insulating buildings both thermally and acoustically. If they are reinforced, the slabs could also be used as walls and other high-strain construction elements, and could even be employed as a structure for new edifices.
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