Gasification to generate power at two Florida facilities
March 4, 2009
Clifford Fedler, a professor at Texas Tech University who has researched gasification, said he wasn't aware of any other sewage treatment plants that were using the technique. Overall, he said it has good potential but could be limited by the cost and the need for a constant flow of large volumes of waste.
Written by: Jessica Behnham
In two Central Florida counties, it's the new source of power.
In Sanford, heated sewage will fuel its own treatment process at the wastewater treatment plant.