# Rio gets a pilot plant to explore energy from waste

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/01/rio-gets-a-pilot-plant-to-explore-energy-from-waste/
- Published: 2019-01-09T22:46:59-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Firstly, a national technology to process and explore energy from organic waste 
started being tested in [Rio](https://greenlivingguy.com/2016/08/engineering-the-2016-rio-olympics/)
de Janeiro. Cause it installed a processing plant of the City Company of Urban Cleaning(
Comlurb). Located in the Caju neighborhood, the pilot plant has just completed a
month in operation. Most importantly and noteworthy it is able to extract 100 to
150 cubic meters of biogas per processed tonne. That’s with 50% – 60% of methane
concentration.

![Firstly a national technology to process and explore energy from organic waste
started being tested in rio de janeiro Cause it installed a processing plant of 
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So the technology is producing fertilizer and natural gas from waste. Development
continued by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). They are in partnership
with companies Methanum Tecnologia Ambiental and Comlurb. Running the pilot plant,
which funding came from by BNDES, will allow [testing the efficiency limits](https://greenlivingguy.com/2026/07/toyota-crown-signia-limited-2026-test-drive-results/)
of the methanization technology by anaerobic composting and widening the scale. 
Furthermore, with a processing capability of 30 daily tonnes, the plant has an estimated
monthly biogas production capable of feeding a fleet of 1,000 cars. That’s similar
to generating enough energy for just over a thousand houses.

In conclusion, the unit consists of modules the approximate size of a container.
They then receive the waste and seal it for two to three weeks. That’s while the
bacteria introduced into the compartment degrade the organic matter and produce 
methane. Finally the gas, stored while the remaining material gets removed and used
as fertilizer.
 Microorganisms sprayed into the modules through pipes with heavy
use of electronics. Sensors and meters enable controlling and optimizing biogas 
production. The plant also has a generator to produce electric energy from gas combustion.

Pilot plant – Comlurb
 Photo: Comlurb/Disclosure [https://agenciadenoticias.bndes.gov.br/lista/fotos](https://agenciadenoticias.bndes.gov.br/lista/fotos)

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