英国将在巴建设首座规模化工厂,转化农业废料为生物煤
诺森比亚大学的科研人员获得英国政府近125万英镑资助，将为巴基斯坦建造该国首座规模化农业废弃物清洁能源转化工厂。该校工程、物理与数学学院主导“Safer Plus”项目，通过烘焙炭化（torrefaction）热加工工艺，把棉花秸秆、甘蔗废渣加工成生物煤颗粒燃料。旁遮普省农民每年焚烧数百万吨农业废弃物，加剧大气污染与季节性雾霾。该项目既能将废弃物料转化为燃料，还能为农村妇女创造新收入来源。由妇女主导的生物质合作社将负责收集、供应农业废料。工厂周边120余户家庭售卖原本需要花钱处理的农林废弃物，即可获得正规报酬。项目培训名额至少预留60%面向女性，报酬直接发放至她们的移动钱包账户。这种生物煤颗粒可替代砖窑、纺织厂锅炉使用的进口煤炭，成本能够降低40%‑50%。项目负责人吉布兰·哈利克博士介绍，巴基斯坦每年工业煤炭进口开支超25亿美元。已有三家巴基斯坦纺织企业签署承诺书，将试用该生物煤作为锅炉燃料。项目计划把历时六年的科研成果落地为商业化工厂，可供巴基斯坦后续复制推广。 Academics at Northumbria University have secured nearly £1.25 million in UK government funding to build Pakistan’s first full-scale plant that will convert agricultural waste into clean energy.The university’s School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics is leading the Safer Plus project, which will convert cotton stalks and sugarcane waste into bio-coal pellets through a heating process known as torrefaction.Farmers burn millions of tonnes of agricultural waste across Punjab every year, contributing to air pollution and seasonal smog. The project will turn the waste into fuel while creating new income opportunities for rural women.A women led biomass cooperative will collect and supply the agricultural waste. More than 120 households near the plant will receive formal payments for material that farmers currently pay to dispose of. The project will reserve at least 60% of its training places for women and send payments directly to their mobile wallets.The bio-coal pellets could replace imported coal in brick kilns and textile mill boilers at 40% to 50% lower cost. Pakistan spends more than $2.5 billion annually on coal imports for industrial use, according to project lead Dr. Jibran Khaliq.Three Pakistani textile manufacturers have signed letters of commitment to test the bio-coal as boiler fuel. The project aims to turn six years of research into a commercial facility that Pakistan can replicate and expand.
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