• Beer waste used to generate natural gas

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    We all love our “occasional” glass of chilled beer. It soothes our nerves and calms our whines. Well, have you ever pondered upon just what happens to all the waste generated by beer manufacturing? Like every other waste, it too harms the environment. So, Eric Fitch, CEO of PurposeEnergy Inc. thought up of a way to put the waste to good use, while we’ve been thinking up ways to put the beer to better uses. A device has been developed that recycles the waste, making it fit for natural gas generation. All the leftover energy from the hops, barley and yeast is stuffed into the anaerobic methane digester that generates energy.


    PurposeEnergy has BOB do the work. BOB, the biphase orbicular bioreactors that the company develops, are silo-like structures that convert brewery waste into 200 cubic feet of biogas per minute. We raise our glasses of frothy beverages to this innovative way of disposing of waste!
    [Inhabitat]

    Posted in Topics:Recycle, Tags: , on February 17, 2011