Site Plan of Pilot Facility in Kumasi, Ghana, Launched Nov.19 to Convert Fecal Sludge into Biodiesel (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Site Plan of Pilot Facility in Kumasi, Ghana, Launched Nov.19 to Convert Fecal Sludge into Biodiesel

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This is a site plan of the pilot facility in Kumasi, Ghana, that was launched Nov. 19, 2012, to convert fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel. To celebrate World Toilet Day on Nov. 19, researchers at Columbia University’s Engineering School, working in Ghana with Waste Enterprisers Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, have launched this pilot facility to convert fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel, thereby addressing a ubiquitous societal problem and concurrently producing renewable, cost-effective sustainable energy. The team is scaling up its research efforts initiated in a Columbia Engineering lab, and expects this working facility to become a revolutionary new model in sanitation.

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