用椰子壳芒果核发电(2/2)

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联合国发展计划署称目前超十亿人民无法用电。DeBolt教授通过对印尼的考察和实地研究，发现椰子壳和芒果皮可以做为极富潜力的燃料能源。
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Seth DeBolt
India
Husk Power Systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Indonesia
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答疑：trans0829The same is true for the pit of an olive, peach or cherry, or the shell of an almond or walnut. All someone needs is a way to release that energy.
Seth DeBolt says a company in India, Husk Power Systems, is using small generators in villages to make electricity from rice hulls. The process used is called gasification. Heating plant matter in a low-oxygen chamber releases gases. These can be burned in an engine that turns a power-generating turbine.
Professor DeBolt says he and his team see possibilities for coconut and mango power.
"Hey, well these crops are growing here and these are the areas where there is potential for energy poverty to be alleviated at least in part by these small-scale production systems."
The researchers have just published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They say these systems could provide as much as 13% of the energy needs of a country like Indonesia. Other tropical countries with large crops of coconuts, mangoes and similar fruit could benefit, as well.
But Professor DeBolt says this is not a perfect solution. There are technical questions, like how to safely deal with the hazardous waste that gasification can produce. And there needs to be money to get these projects started.对橄榄核、桃核、樱桃核、杏核或胡桃核来说，情况是相同的。人们正是需要找出适当的方法，将这种能量进行释放并利用。
赛斯•德博特说，印度的一家名为“谷壳电力系统”的公司正在村庄中通过小型发电机来利用稻壳，而这种在低氧舱内加热植物并释放气体的方法被称为“气化”。这些气体可以在推动发电涡轮的发动机中燃烧。
德博特教授表示，他和他的团队认为，利用椰子和芒果的果壳进行发电，具有发展潜力。
“由于这些作物在这里生长，因此，这些地区存在着通过小规模发电系统来缓解部分能源匮乏的可能性。”
研究者们在《美国国家科学院院报》上发表了该研究结果。他们表示，这些系统可以满足类似印尼这样的国家的13%的能源需求。其他拥有大量椰子，芒果等类似水果的热带国家也可以从中受益。
但是德博特教授也表示，这并非一个完美的解决方法，相关技术问题依然存在，例如，如何安全处理汽化过程中产生的有害废物。此外，该项目还需要资金的支持才能启动。