Bulgarian Scientists Come Up with New Way to Turn Garbage into Fuel

Prof. Venko Beshkov from the BAS Institute of Chemical Engineering. Photo by BGNES

Researchers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have created a method that transforms municipal solid waste into fuel, it has been reported.

"The method we suggest is a very successful combination of processing municipal solid waste at very high temperatures with very low energy consumption. Thus, as the main product we have gas rich in carbon monoxide and hydrogen that could be directly used in energetics and in households," Prof. Venko Beshkov from the BAS Institute of Chemical Engineering has explained.

According to Beshkov, the method will decrease the consumption of oil and natural gas and will slow down the exhaustion of non-renewable energy sources, as it will use a significant part of them as energy through recycling.

"Our invention does not depend on the climatic peculiarities of the country it is used in, the seasonal or atmospheric conditions or humidity," the scientist has pointed out, as cited by BGNES.

The new technology is a result of the collaboration between the Institute and a small private company.

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