Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource - UNEP

Agriwaste CWT Thermal Conversion Process
USA, Commercial
Crop
Agricultural Waste
Process
Equipment
Main Products
Thermal Conversion Process
CWT Thermal Conversion Process
Renewable Diesel, fertilizer and Special chemicals
Technical Description of Technology:
Detailed Process Descriptions:
The Thermal Conversion Process, or TCP, mimics the earth’s natural
geothermal process by using water, heat and pressure to transform organic
and inorganic wastes into oils, gases, carbons, metals and ash. Even heavy
metals are transformed into harmless oxides.
Main Products:
The TCP successfully converts fats, bones, greases, feathers and other
wastes into renewable diesel, fertilizers, and specialty chemicals. TCP works
with wet mixed feedstocks, and by cleverly utilizing water, avoids the energy
penalty of drying the materials, typical of other technologies.
Social Considerations
Agricultural wastes alone make up approximately 50% of the total yearly
waste generation (6 billion tons) in the U.S. With TCP, the 6 billion tons of
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