California Hires TIAX to Create Environmentally Clean Electricity From Its Landfills; Grant is One of Two Recent Awards to TIAX Totaling $2.3 Million From California Energy Commission.Business/Technology Editors and Energy/Environmental Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002 TIAX LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a leading technology research consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , has been selected by the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through to develop a low emission technology to generate electricity from landfills. The goal of the project is to use hydrogen-enriched biogas bi·o·gas n. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel. biogas Noun gaseous fuel produced by the fermentation of organic waste fuel derived from a landfill to power a 75-kilowatt generation unit with very low nitrogen oxide Noun 1. nitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil emissions. "This technology could drastically bring down the cost of electricity generation from these unlikely sources, and considerably lower air pollution emissions," said California Governor Gray Davis in announcing this and four other projects, which are part of a recent initiative of the Energy Commission to increase electricity production from biogas. Other sources of biogas being considered for increased electricity generation include livestock farms and food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. and wastewater treatment plants. The anaerobic digestion Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the natural process of biological degradation of organic material in the absence of air. An anaerobic digester is a man-made system that harnesses this process to treat waste and produce biogas and anaerobic digestate, a soil-improving material. process in landfills produces a methane-rich "biogas" that can be used to fuel generators. Sources of this gas are ample in California where there are at least 3,000 landfills and 2,000 dairies and swine farms. Power produced from the biogas can be either sold to the grid or used in-house by these biomass energy locations. The Energy Commission estimates that "biogas" sites will have the potential to produce up to 240 megawatts. One megawatt is enough electricity to power 1,000 California homes. The landfill project is one of two recent awards TIAX has secured with the California Energy Commission. TIAX will also provide expert technical assistance to the state for transportation technologies, global climate change and fossil fuel alternatives. The total value of the two awards is $2.3 million. "Our goal is to develop technology for biogas-fueled internal combustion engines that produces clean power: we believe we can achieve greater than 90 percent reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions compared to current generation approaches," said Larry Waterland, Project Manager at TIAX. "This technology is an exciting step toward making renewable power a practical, low emission option." About TIAX LLC TIAX LLC (www.tiax.biz) is a premier technology, product development, and technology-based consulting firm operating at the intersection of business and technology. Our scientists, engineers, and industry experts improve people's lives by helping commercial and government clients transform ideas into products and problems into solutions. Formerly Arthur D. Little's Technology & Innovation business, TIAX builds upon a rich, century-old heritage of breakthrough innovation. TIAX is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered and has more than 50 research and development laboratories. |
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