Army’s TGER fuels tanks with garbage

[Steadfast]

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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[Jim]

Shame we didn't have those in Viet-Nam.

[Seabass1-4]

This is how the Delorean from the future in Back To The Future got its start. This is awesome!