Beating energy crisis: waste management company introduces RDF-based gasification plant

A Lahore based waste management company 'Waste Busters' has introduced their Refuse Derived Fuel based gasification plant in the Pakistan market to combat the current energy crisis faced by the industry. RDF is the main fuel that is being used to run these gasification units to produce thermal energy at very high temperatures which can then be used to operate gas generators to produce electricity.
The company in collaboration with Alternate Energy Services Providers has developed five models of different capacities to suit the needs of their customers. The gasification units are capable of producing gas starting from 2,000 cft/hr to 26,000 cft/hr, using different types of waste materials such plastic bags, wrappers and other high calorific materials. The units are also capable of running on all types of bio-mass including coal, rice husk, sugar cane bagasse and industrial waste materials.
"We have tried to cater to the demand of small industrial units which need to operate their dryers, furnaces, kilns, ovens, heat exchangers and steam irons. This is the segment which is suffering the most as they have to operate daily to earn their livelihood and they are unable to meet their daily expenses because of the non availability of the gas", said Asif Farooqi, Chief Executive of Waste Busters in a statement issued here Tuesday.
Although these units cannot cater for the entire shortage of the current gas requirement in the country but it's a positive step in the right direction. The best part is that the entire unit is made 100 per cent in Pakistan with local fabrication. Not only does this technology provide a solution to the energy crisis, but would also help in providing another scientific means of waste disposal.