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Hello John and all,
Wind energy is most conveniently used when
connected to a very large utility grid, with wind farms located at many
different locations to replace power generated by conventional units.
Hydroelectric power is particularly convenient in this regard and almost
renewable.
Relatively dry agricultural waste and MSW are
best utilized as energy by simple incineration with steam recovery in
complience to regulations regarding incinerator design and
resulting emissions. Manure from animal operations is
effectively managed by locating the animal facility in a semiarid climate, and
so using solar energy to try the manure for return to the fields that grew
the grain that was fed to the animals. The semiarid Texas Panhandle
has be come a center for beef feedlots in the past 30 years, and now large
dairies are moving to the area west of Lubbock, TX, where I live.
Harry W. Parker, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of
Chemical Engineering
& Consulting Engineer
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, TX 79409-3121
806.742.1759 fax 742.3552
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