PyTEC converts waste to energy

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Qinetiq has been awarded a £1.5m contract from the US Army for a system that converts waste into energy.

The PyTEC containerised Pyrolysis Waste Disposal System will continuously process up to 100kg of municipal solid waste (MSW) per hour and turn it into 500kW of thermal energy. A proportion of this energy can be used for electricity generation.

MSW includes general army base waste such as food, medical and sanitary, paper, plastics, tin, oil and glass.

The system is currently in the design, demonstration and testing phase. Qinetiq announced that plant commissioning and testing is due to commence next spring and delivery is expected by mid-year 2010.

The US Army will conduct additional testing and evaluation trial period that will last to early 2012. The programme is jointly funded by the US Office of the Secretary of Defense through the Foreign Comparative Testing Programme and is expected to result in more than 10 systems eventually being acquired.

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