Reusing Waste to Create Energy On GlobalSpec

From Rotary Systems, Inc.

A major biofuel technology company recently came to Rotary Systems in need of a six passage hydraulic rotary union for their bio-methanator. While submerged in organic matter and manure, the bio-methanator mixes these materials together and will pass them through the world's largest anaerobic digester facility. Hot water is then added to the mixture to produce methane, providing the newly constructed facility with 89% of the fuel required to heat the structure while using the solid waste material as fertilizer. When finished the plant will be capable of producing up to 100 million BTUs of renewable energy per hour daily, and serve exclusively to heat the plant year round.

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