Sludge Watch ==> N-Viro- mixing cement kiln dust and sludge to see if it will still burn

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

This press release from N-Viro needs to be examined more critically.  N-Viro 
is a 50-50 mix of sewage sludge and cement kiln dust.  While sewage sludge 
will burn as a fuel, cement kiln dust doesn't.

So they are just burning sewage sludge that has been unnecessarily laden 
with cement dust.  It is like mixing wood chips with dirt and seeing if it 
will burn.  If you want to burn it...why mix it with stuff that doesn't 
burn?

Dah?

The real point is that there isn't much market for putting cement kiln dust 
infused sewage sludge on anybody's land.  So N-Viro is branching out from a 
'fertilizer' no one much wants to a 'fuel' no one much wants.


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http://www.pr-inside.com/n-viro-international-releases-details-on-r79069.htm


N-Viro Fuel is a newly

developed and patented biomass fuel that has physical and
chemical characteristics similar to coal and is created from municipal 
biosolids.

The test was designed to gauge and measure the performance of N-Viro Fuel 
when blended with Eastern Bituminous Coal in a Circulating Fluidized Bed 
("CFB") coal combustion boiler, a clean coal technology. A major 
transformation is taking place in the coal industry and, more broadly, the 
global energy industry, as alternative, cleaner forms of energy take on 
increasing prominence. The one thing that remains constant despite the 
changes taking place is that coal will continue to be the cheapest form of 
energy available for the near term.




Dr. Terry Logan, one of the developers of the N-Viro Fuel technology stated 
"I am pleased that we were able to demonstrate the viability of our 
technology at a large coal-fired power plant and in collaboration with a 
major research institution. Under the leadership of Robert Ellerhorst, 
Director of Utilities at MSU, and manager of the T.B. Simon Power Plant, and 
with the university's vision and commitment to development of green energy 
technology, we successfully tested N-Viro Fuel with municipal sewage sludge 
from the City of East Lansing, Michigan and separately with animal manure 
from the university's agricultural research operations. MSU's investment in 
resources to conduct the test is greatly appreciated."