Army’s TGER fuels tanks with garbage
By Allison Barrie / War Games / Published December 27, 2012 / FoxNews.com
Tactical trash? The Army has cracked the secret of converting garbage to fuel in the field.
The Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery II prototype (TGER) is mounted on a trailer and can turn about a ton of garbage into electricity. A typical 550-person unit generates about 2,500 pounds of trash a day. And whether that’s paper, plastic, packaging or food waste, one standard 60-kilowatt diesel generator can handle the unit’s garbage, making synthetic gas from it.
TGER’s fuel can run a generator on approximately 75 percent within two hours; in under 12 hours, TGER can produce alcohol that, when blended with the synthetic gas, can run a generator on full power.
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Re: Army’s TGER fuels tanks with garbage
Shame we didn't have those in Viet-Nam.
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Re: Army’s TGER fuels tanks with garbage
This is how the Delorean from the future in Back To The Future got its start. This is awesome!
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