The civil engineering professors have received a patent for a process that economically coverts municipal and organic waste into methane gas and a soil amendment.
Released February 25, 2010
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico State University professor is working to revolutionize the way we dispose of our waste.
In December 2009, civil engineering professors Zohrab Samani and Adrian Hanson received a patent for a process that economically coverts municipal and organic waste into methane gas and a soil amendment.
Samani said although converting waste into fuel is nothing new, creating a functional and cost-efficient device to achieve this is new. “Our accomplishment has been the simplicity of the design. We can build something that is functional and economical,” Samani said.
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