Vietnam Uses ‘Super-Technology’ to Treat Biowaste
(Vietnam.net Bridge) The utilization of Carbolosic technology in Vietnam promises to bring great benefits as it turns biological waste into valuable products. — The Ministry of Science & Technology (MST) has signed an MOU on transferring technology and building an agricultural waste treatment plant worth $100 million.
How to take full advantage of by-products and agricultural products is always a concern of manufacturers and scientists. There are many technologies which address the issue. However, these solutions have disadvantages.
In Vietnam, after harvesting, waste products are buried in microbial treatment or burnt. These methods not only are ineffective but also cause air and soil pollution.
Carbolosic technology, developed by scientists at the University of Central Florida (USA), can basically solve these problems.
Walsh Joseph John, the inventor of the technology, said that Carbolosic technology essentially uses cellulose hydrolysis of agricultural biowaste such as bagasse, straw, grass, and corn cobs to produce petrol, electricity, sugar, ethanol, microbiological fertilizer and activated carbon.
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The big advantage of the production line is that it comprises separate modules, while the treatment system is movable, i.e. it can be brought to harvesting sites to work on the spot, thus helping reduce production cost.
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The outstanding advantage of Carbolosic technology is high economic efficiency. It costs 0.5 US cent to turn one kilogram of biowaste into sugar. Water hyacinth and leave humus, one of the causes of forest fires, could also be input materials. READ MORE