From Waste to WaterWeekly Thermo Teaser

Motivation

Water Today approximately 783 million people in the world

living without access to clean drinking water1

The U.N. predicts that by 2030, almost half the world 's population will face water scarcity.1

Sanitation 2.5 billion people have inadequate sanitation1

Diseases caused by poor sanitation kill some 700,000 children every year2

Waste to Water

Photo Credit: www. janickibioenergy.com/s100.html

Janicki Omniprocessor Converts solid waste into clean drinking water and

electricity 22,700 gallons/day3

300 kW net electricity2

16 US households

How it Works

Heat solid waste in furnace and separate boiling water

Burn dried solid waste to power “steam cycle”

Steam cycle produces electricity to power water purification process

Excess electricity output to grid

Various forms of Energy

Furnace

ProcessingSteam Engine

Biomass (wet)

Water VaporBiomass (dry)

Clean WaterExhaust

Air Heat

Elec. ExcessElec.

Steam Engine

Boiler

Condenser

Turbine

Solid Biomass + Air

ExhaustCOMBUSTION

References

1. http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/10/376182321/bill-gates-raises-a-glass-to-and-of-water-made-from-poop

2. http://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Omniprocessor-From-Poop-to-Potable

3. http://janickibioenergy.com/s200.html