Kingston University London

Second prize went to final year Environmental Science student Bruce Pawsey whose idea is to turn waste into electricity and heat through cyclonic pyrolysis. This is the thermochemical decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures without the participation of oxygen to produce gas. While the technology is not new in itself, the proposal is to develop a working portable cyclonic pyrolysis unit and install it on a river barge. The barge would collect waste materials and harness the synthetic gas produced to drive a gas turbine.

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