Malaysia as a developing country needs lot of energy as a driving forces for development. As the population continues to grow, it also generates a large volume of wastes from the wastewater treatment plant. Treatment of these wastes (sludge (biosolids) and wastewater) are very expensive and time consuming. Sometimes it make up more than half the cost of the entire plant’s operation Disposal at the landfill is one of the conventional methods dealing with these solids wastes (biosolids) from wastewater treatment plant. Instead of dumping these wastes at the landfills/dumpsites, recycling and reuse of such wastes as a source of energy is an efficient and sustainable approach for the environment and social benefits. Conventional methods of generating electricity are mostly based on fossil fuel and these are unsustainable and accelerates depletion of natural resources, especially petroleum and natural gas. This in turn will jeopardize the principles of sustainability and an efficient alternative energy to achieve zero wastes production is urgently needed. RACEMAT, a green electrical device that generates electricity using biosolids (activated sludge) as a substrate, with bacteria as a catalyst. The operation is of low cost, high efficiency, clean, safe, quiet performance, low emissions, high efficiency and direct electricity recovery. It operates using mixed cultures currently achieve substantially greater power densities than those with pure cultures. Electricity from RACEMAT is produced using abundant biosolids (activated sludge) from the wastewater treatment plant that also reduces the cost of charges for transportation to landfills, reduces environmental pollution and reduce depletion of natural resources. The combination of all theses lead to sustainable development. RACEMAT: GREEN ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM WASTES RESEARCHER: ABDUL RASYID BIN RUSLAN AHMAD HUZAIFAH BIN MOHD YUSOFF SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. MASHITAH MAT DON MR. MUAZ BIN MOHD ZAINI MAKHTAR School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus Universiti Sains Malaysisa, Penang, Malaysia Tel: 04-599 6468, Fax: 04-594 1013, Email: [email protected] Oil Price ↑ Global Warming↑ Accumulation of Biosolids ↑ Depletion of Natural Resources ↓
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Malaysia as a developing country needs lot of energy as a driving forces for development. As the population continues to grow, it also generates a large volume of wastes from the wastewater treatment plant. Treatment of these wastes (sludge (biosolids) and wastewater) are very expensive and time consuming. Sometimes it make up more than half the cost of the entire plant’s operation Disposal at the landfill is one of the conventional methods dealing with these solids wastes (biosolids) from wastewater treatment plant. Instead of dumping these wastes at the landfills/dumpsites, recycling and reuse of such wastes as a source of energy is an efficient and sustainable approach for the environment and social benefits. Conventional methods of generating electricity are mostly based on fossil fuel and these are unsustainable and accelerates depletion of natural resources, especially petroleum and natural gas. This in turn will jeopardize the principles of sustainability and an efficient alternative energy to achieve zero wastes production is urgently needed. RACEMAT, a green electrical device that generates electricity using biosolids (activated sludge) as a substrate, with bacteria as a catalyst. The operation is of low cost, high efficiency, clean, safe, quiet performance, low emissions, high efficiency and direct electricity recovery. It operates using mixed cultures currently achieve substantially greater power densities than those with pure cultures. Electricity from RACEMAT is produced using abundant biosolids (activated sludge) from the wastewater treatment plant that also reduces the cost of charges for transportation to landfills, reduces environmental pollution and reduce depletion of natural resources. The combination of all theses lead to sustainable development.
RACEMAT: GREEN ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM WASTES
RESEARCHER: ABDUL RASYID BIN RUSLAN AHMAD HUZAIFAH BIN MOHD YUSOFF
SUPERVISOR:
PROF. DR. MASHITAH MAT DON
MR. MUAZ BIN MOHD ZAINI MAKHTAR
School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus
Universiti Sains Malaysisa, Penang, Malaysia
Tel: 04-599 6468, Fax: 04-594 1013, Email: [email protected]
Oil Price ↑
Global Warming↑
Accumulation of Biosolids ↑
Depletion of Natural Resources ↓
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