GTI Uses Gasified Waste to Generate Electricity With SOFC

Fuel Cells Today, July 26, 2005

The Des Plaines, IL-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced it has successfully demonstrated that chicken litter can be gasified to produce hydrogen and generate electricity using a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC).

Under a project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), GTI and the University of Georgia are working to convert chicken litter into energy and fertilizer. As part of the USDA-funded project, GTI noted that it has conducted a test to demonstrate the suitability of chicken litter as a low-Btu fuel for the SOFC.

"Commercialization and implementation of such a modular technology has the potential to generate on-site power and heat from a renewable source of energy economically while addressing environmental problems caused by traditional disposal practices," said GTI director of corporate development Francis Lau. "Also, chicken litter can replace fossil fuels currently used to provide heat in poultry farms, thus avoiding net generation of CO2. GTI is pursuing the development and commercialization of this technology."

Contact: Francis Lau, GTI, phone 847-768-0592, website http://www.gastechnology.org.

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