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Rocket Thrusters Used To Treat Sewage
Zothecula writes "Rocket engines are generally not thought of as being environmentally-friendly, but thanks to a newly-developed process, we may someday see them neutralizing the emissions from wastewater treatment plants. The same process would also see those plants generating their own power, thus meaning they would be both energy-neutral and emissions-free. Developed by two engineers at Stanford University, the system starts with the formation of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane gas — something that treatment plants traditionally try to avoid."
Why not read the article and see which part is new.
Yes, but this process produces more methane along with nitrous oxide fuel. It then adds a method to reduce N2O to N2 and O2, producing more power in the process. In this way, the primary treatment plant produces 110% of its power requirements without increasing emissions simply by adding a piece of equipment the size of a basketball and removing a waste aeration system.
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