There is an easy and glib answer to that question. That answer is: “However long it takes to reach final storage quality”. OK. You say that's fine. But, what exactly does that mean? The fact is that nobody has really done enough research to be a...

Gasification is the thermal decomposition of organic material at elevated temperatures in an oxygen restricted environment. The process, which requires an initial heat supply to get underway, produces a mixture of combustible gases (primarily methane, com...

Most horse riders and owners have at one time or another thought that they would like to train their own horse. It is especially tempting to build up a special relationship this way when your own foals mature to a riding age, if you are breeding them. ...

No! You don't need a genie and a lamp, and yes, it is possible. In fact, more and more people are doing it all the time. Waste from one source becomes the raw material and energy for others when you use a process called Anaerobic Digestion. Waste treat...

The first gasifiers were gasification retorts and they have been around for well over a century providing our town gas supplies from coal. In basic terms they involve a container in which combustible fuel is heated, driving off flammable hydrocarbon gases...

Automotive shredder residue (ASR) is a problematic mixture of materials that in an ideal world would be recycled. This has not been possible due to the difficulty of finding suitable uses for a variable material which may contain some toxic contaminants. ...

IGCC is the combination of gasification with a combined-cycle turbine system to generate electricity. Don't let the complexity of the technological terms put you off reading this! Unfortunately, this technology is not easy for the ordinary public to un...

The most basic definition of gasification is that it is any chemical or heat process used to convert a substance to a gas. Coal has been gasified ever since the industrial revolution to produce “town gas”. This was once done in the local gas works...

We don't want to put you off owning a swimming pool, and all the health advantages from the exercise gained from swimming, but we do ask you to think carefully before you make the decision. So, before you buy a swimming pool or take on a property with ...

Civic amenity sites are provided by Waste Disposal Authorities as places where the public can deliver their household waste for recycling or disposal. The household waste that the public bring to these sites includes garden waste, bulky household waste (m...

Whenever a municipal waste collection authorities want to start recycling the first and most obvious thing to do is to create Bring Banks. I am sure that everyone has seen and probably used a Bring Bank and more and more of them are being created around t...

Before you visit a dog breeder do check that their puppies are sold with a guarantee, full registration if pedigree stock, up to date vaccinations and micro-chipped or tattooed. All pups should be breed for structure and sound temperament. It is also best...

New York Wedding Locations Everyone has their dreams of where they want to get married at. It may be in a church, outdoors, at the place where the couple first met, and there are many more. The most important thing of course for every couple is that th...

Horse training is a tough and physically demanding task and profession for a man or a woman. Many enjoy it greatly and will tell you that it is a mental game played in a very physical way between trainer and horse. The best trainers enjoy the mental chal...

Here's how to create containers of show stopping blooms for your patio, deck and porch. Plant Containers can be created from things you would otherwise throw away and this activity therefore has the double appeal of creating an attractive flower displa...