Turning Waste into Energy: Recovering Valuable Resources from Food Waste with Anaerobic Digestion [F-26-47]
| Presenter: | Jan DeWaters, Stefan Grimberg |
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| Location: | Clarkson: Room not yet assigned |
| Classes: | 1 Session 2.0 hours |
| Dates: | Mon 1:00 PM 11/02 |
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Food waste represents more than 20% of our waste discarded to landfills. Instead of throwing it away, our food waste can be processed to recover important resources: ENERGY and FERTILIZER. This course will cover the process of using anaerobic digestion to produce biogas from food waste, and will present results from a "food-to-energy" outreach program with Canton Central School and Cornell Cooperative Extension Service. The classroom presentation will be followed by a tour of the actual treatment system.
Jan DeWaters and Stefan Grimberg are both faculty at Clarkson University. Jan teaches freshmen engineering students about the significance of engineering contributions to our society and courses in sustainable energy systems. Stefan is interested in improving anaerobic digestion system so they will be economically viable for smaller farms or smaller waste generators.
Special Instructions:
Be prepared to spend some time outdoors
Cap: 25