The University of Nevada — Reno has a business opportunity for a wastewater plant looking for an efficient and creative solution to one of its major expenses. Its chemical engineering students have come up with a new process for drying biosolids so that it can be converted to fuel. Their idea has been proven in the field and is ready for a commercial-scale pilot project.
“We started in 2006 looking at converting solid waste to energy,” says Chuck Coronella, Ph.D. and associate professor of chemical engineering, who led the project. “Wastewater biosolids is a good candidate because it’s uniform and you
