Electric energy from waste

We can generate electricity by burning solid waste found in the landfills. A community should have a waste-to-energy facility to incinerate garbage and transform chemical energy to thermal energy. Garbage is used as energy because the generation of waste is a problem that society must face. Both citizens and industries generate waste every day, and the destination of most of it is the landfills. Electricity is one of the most used forms of energy in human life, since it provides help and well-being. Electric energy is a renewable energy source that is obtained through the movement of electrical charges that occurs inside conductive materials.

Main purpose

Our main purpose is to obtain energy from trash so we can help the environment and the planet more, and we can have a better place to live because a lot of this trash goes directly to the ocean and kills a lot of animals.

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Background

What we’re trying to explain in this project is how the transformation of trash into electric energy works and our main purpose is to obtain energy from waste so we can help the planet more. Therefore, we made our own machine, and that’s what we’re going to explain now.

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In the flow chart, we show that the first step is that we deposit the waste in a place that is specifically for that, and in that place what they do with the waste is that they collect all the waste and they go to machines so they can start with the process. What happens in the machines is that the trash is processed, then, it is heated and finally, the trash is converted in electricity. This process has fermentation, combustion and decomposition. In the fermentation process, the sugar in the waste is converted to carbon dioxide and alcohol, in the same general process that is used to make wine. In combustion is where heat produced by burning waste produces steam, driving a turbine to generate electricity. In decomposition is where plastic is heated in the absence of oxygen, and gasification, where air or steam heats the waste creating gases that either produce petrol or diesel, or are burned to generate electricity. So that’s basically what happens and what we explained in the flow chart.

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Flowchart explanation

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In the flow chart, we show that the first step is that we deposit the waste in a place that is specifically for that, and in that place what they do with the waste is that they collect all the waste and they go to machines so they can start with the process. What happens in the machines is that the trash is processed, then, it is heated and finally, the trash is converted in electricity. This process has fermentation, combustion and decomposition. In the fermentation process, the sugar in the waste is converted to carbon dioxide and alcohol, in the same general process that is used to make wine. In combustion is where heat produced by burning waste produces steam, driving a turbine to generate electricity. In decomposition is where plastic is heated in the absence of oxygen, and gasification, where air or steam heats the waste creating gases that either produce petrol or diesel, or are burned to generate electricity. So that’s basically what happens and what we explained in the flow chart.

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Ways to implement the process in your city

Tips for sorting, collecting or acquiring waste for this process.

We can separate the trash that is organic from inorganic and send it to a place that does that process of obtaining energy from waste. Organic trash is the trash that can make more energy because this trash produces a gas that helps to do that. In Culiacan, I don’t know if there are places that do the process of obtaining energy from waste, but if there are, we can distribute trashcans where you can separate the glass, the organic waste and inorganic waste. That is my best idea because it is practical and there can be a lot of them in any street.

What I can do as a citizen is to separate the recycling trash like plastic, glass, metal, paper, etc. and put them all in air tight boxes and take them to the nearest community bins, so they can convert it into energy. What I can also do being a citizen, is to collect all the waste that is on the streets and then, give it to the people that convert it to energy, so we can have less contamination in the air and in the sea, because we are going to have less waste and more energy.

Tips for sorting, collecting or acquiring waste for this process.

What I can do as a citizen is to separate the recycling trash like plastic, glass, metal, paper, etc. and put them all in air tight boxes and take them to the nearest community bins, so they can convert it into energy. What I can also do being a citizen, is to collect all the waste that is on the streets and then, give it to the people that convert it to energy, so we can have less contamination in the air and in the sea, because we are going to have less waste and more energy.

Did you know that...

Vision of the future with this invention.

not all WTE projects are clean and green?
Well, waste-to-energy projects seem to be green and clean because they turn trash into power or gas, but some projects require a long hauling of trash to bring to the incineration and it actually ends up polluting more.

Vision of the future with this invention.

The generation of waste is a problem that society must face. Both citizens and industries generate waste every day, and the destination of most of it is the landfills, with the negative impact of the environment that this practice implies. However, there are other more recommendable and sustainable management alternatives, such as reducing waste production, recycling and reusing, and material and energy valuation. I believe that this invention of converting garbage into electrical energy will help us a lot in the future to reduce and reuse part of the garbage that we ourselves generate. A waste-based power plant converts solid waste into electricity or heat, an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way to recover energy. The new generations will have more life opportunities, they will have a better space to live together, and they will be able to reduce waste.