First American Scientific Corp. (fka FASC)

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It doesn't look like the KDS will have a place in the selected technologies for BioTown, USA (but I still like the effort)...

http://www.in.gov/biotownusa/pdf/tech_suite.pdf

After extensive study, the BioTown, USA, Taskforce recommended a Technology Suite
of three complimentary systems: an anaerobic digester, a gasifier and fast pyrolysis. The
BioTown Technology Suite will be a closed loop, selfsufficient
system taking animal waste,
municipal waste, corn stover and other types of biomass and turn them into electricity, crop
inputs such as fertilizer, thermal energy and biodiesel.

“With these three technologies, we are taking what used to be considered waste products–
livestock manure, municipal waste–and recycling them into usable energy for the town,” said Lt.
Governor Skillman, who also serves as the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development.
“Using the three systems together in one suite makes them more efficient because the ‘waste’
from one process can be used as an input for another.”

The BioTown Technology Suite will include an anaerobic digester, a gasifier and fast
pyrolysis. An anaerobic digester takes liquid biomass (waste) and breaks it down without oxygen
using bacteria to produce methane and a high value fertilizer. Gasification takes dry or liquid
biomass and using a controlled temperature with oxygen indirectly “heats” waste which releases
biogas, heat/steam and a high value fertilizer. Fast pyrolysis uses a lower temperature than
gasification and oxygen to break down liquid or dry biomass to produce heat/steam and biooil
that can be refined to produce biodiesel.

Still waiting for that Prince George report. I hope the results are as good as, or better than, expected. And I hope the report compares the efficiencies of the technology to other technologies, such as those that will be used in BioTown, USA.