EcoFactor: Alternative fuel for cooking.
This new conceptual design by award-winning Korean designer Seokmoon Woo, claims to tackle one of our prime problems. The Electrolux appliance has multiple benefits. Not only does it find a good way to get rid of food waste, but it also has the potential to entirely replace LPG and is extremely eco-friendly. The function is simple, which is probably why this product is very appealing. Throw in a bunch of food waste into the opening compartment as shown in the above picture and the appliance does the rest of the work for you.
It is designed in a way that it immediately starts fermenting the load and creates methane that can be used as fuel for the gas range; the consequential waste is dried out by the appliance and composed in a tank at the bottom that can be disposed of later. Methane is the major component of natural gas. At room temperature and standard pressure, methane is a colorless and odorless gas unlike natural gas, which is an artificial safety measure. So with this appliance, not only do you have a hybrid gas solution, but also a safe way of getting rid of trash!
The Dark Side:
Kudos to the designer for coming up with such an innovative design. I don’t see any demerits to this design, as it’s wisely designed, keeping the growing environmental problems in mind. Burning methane produces less carbon dioxide for each unit of heat released and is claimed to be more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels such as gasoline/petrol and diesel. Hybrid gas solutions certainly have a huge potential at solving a wide range of problems, and more such designs need to encouraged.
Via: Hometone
