North Dakota university researchers to turn used ties into 'green' energy

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The University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) recently began a demonstration of a clean energy system designed to convert used railroad ties into heat and power.

The EERC is working with Aboriginal Cogeneration Corp. (ACC) of Winnipeg, Manitoba, to convert biomass to energy in environmentally friendly ways. The company plans to install two 1-megawatt commercial clean power systems at a demonstration site northeast of Vancouver in Kamloops, British Columbia.

The EERC and ACC have reached a major milestone in generating power from discarded rail ties, according to the research center. Ties are chipped before being fed into a power system, which operates at a much lower pressure and flow rate compared with other similar systems.

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