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Thermal Energy Storage The Key To Reducing Agricultural Food Pollution

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on EurekAlert.

These two paragraphs, introduce the article and give the aim of the project.

University of South Australia thermal energy researcher Professor Frank Bruno has been awarded almost $1 million by the Federal Government to find a solution to agricultural pollution in Australia and India.

Prof Bruno, South Australian Energy Chair at UniSA’s Future Industries Institute, will lead a collaborative project with India’s biggest private university, LPU, to develop a renewable energy-driven food processing and drying system which alleviates both pollution and landfill issues in both countries.

The big problem in India is air pollution, a lot of which is caused by farmers burning rice husks. By collecting solar energy, which will be stored as heat and used to dry crops, there is hope that this pollution can be reduced.

The whole article is very much a must-read.

Conclusion

This very much sounds like a good way to cut pollution in areas with lots of solar energy.

December 12, 2020 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Energy Storage | Farming, Pollution