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To: donpat who wrote (48) 5/13/2018 2:43:21 PM From: donpat   Respond to of 82   HERU Q&A Q&A with Nik Spencer, developer of the Home Energy Recovery Unit 19th April 2017 Austin Macauley Nik Spencer is the founder, developer and CEO of the Home Energy Recovery Unit (HERU). As well as spearheading the UK’s first commercial recycling company, he has sat on the board of some of Britain’s biggest businesses including Kier PLC Environmental Services Board.From animal bedding and agricultural contracting, to window cleaning, car washing, municipal waste processing and even equine livery, Nik has established and sold numerous successful businesses. The HERU is his latest venture, driven by an ongoing goal of finding the solution to domestic waste management. Developed in partnership with leading academics from Brunel University, it is designed to alleviate the need for large-scale, expensive and inefficient waste infrastructure. What is the HERU?A world-first solution to domestic waste management, the Home Energy Recovery Unit (HERU) uses low-temperature pyrolysis to convert municipal waste into fuel that can be used to heat water for domestic use. How does it work? What are the implications?Using low temperature pyrolysis, waste is transformed into char (solid fuel), oil, water and synthesised gas, which is cleaned prior to efficiently venting to the atmosphere. The self-contained unit is the size of a wheelie bin. Connected to the water main and drainage, HERU runs off a normal 13-amp domestic plug. The system is incredibly energy efficient, with every 1kWh of electricity consumed to power the unit generating 2.5kWh of heat energy. In simple terms, the HERU turns waste into a resource. If adopted widely, the implications of the HERU are profound. It could end waste to landfill and wipe out fuel poverty. What interventions you would like to see from government (or changes to current policy) to help accelerate innovation in both waste and renewable energy?Existing legislation for domestic properties fits well with the HERU. Renewable energy generation is promoted, with incentives available to make investing in new technology possible. However, it is obvious that sustainability has once again slipped down the government agenda (take subsidy degressions, for example). In result, we are a long way from meeting 2020 targets – we need a solution, and fast. The government needs to understand what resources it already has and implement ways to effectively utilise it. The energy from waste (EFW) sector is a great example of this and one which we must learn from. It also needs to put in place better mechanisms to ensure that innovation and innovators find a way to bring their ideas to market. Could HERU be applied by local authorities that own housing stock and housing associations? The HERU would suit social housing estates perfectly. Imagine the scenario – if every property in a street is using waste to generate energy, there would be no need for the bin lorry to visit. If you amplify this scope up to an entire housing estate, local authorities would benefit from considerable savings. In addition, it can reduce fuel costs for residents, especially important in the age of fuel poverty. In terms of an investment equivalent, purchasing a HERU unit would come at a similar cost as upgrading to double glazing. Taking into consideration the ongoing benefit of zero waste to landfill and the HERU comes into its own as a financially-viable, sustainable technology. Already, three local authorities have signed up to trial the HERU. Although dates are yet to be confirmed, we expect this will take place in early 2018. Does it have applications for commercial properties too? Currently, legislation for domestic and commercial properties is misaligned, meaning that although the HERU can theoretically be scaled-up to suit commercial use, regulatory pressures have, at present, dissuaded the necessary R&D. Are there any statistics showing HERU’s effectiveness? In winter, the HERU can turn a single black bin bag of rubbish into 72 litres/day of hot water at 41°C (enough for a long shower). In summer, this figure increases to 122 litres/day (enough for two showers or a bath). environmentjournal.online myheru.com myheru.com mobile.twitter.com

To: donpat who wrote (48) 5/13/2018 3:09:09 PM From: donpat   Respond to of 82   WIPO IP: 1. WO/2017/137716 PYROLYSIS CHAMBER AND METHOD OF DISPOSAL OF REFUSE WO 17.08.2017 B09B 3/00 PCT/GB2017/050031 MANIK VENTURES LIMITED JOUHARA, Hussam Disposal of Refuse A pyrolysis chamber (10) and method of disposal of refuse is disclosed, for domestic use. The pyrolysis chamber has a double- skinned arrangement (12) with a basket-like grille (24) inside the chamber for assisting in the efficient pyrolysis of refuse and subsequent combustion for generating useful energy for domestic use. 2. 3124129 PYROLYSIS CHAMBER FOR TREATING DOMESTIC REFUSE EP 01.02.2017 B09B 3/00 16171480 MANIK VENTURES LTD SPENCER NIK Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 3. 3092086 A PYROLYSIS CHAMBER FOR TREATING DOMESTIC REFUSE AND DWELLING EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A CHAMBER EP 16.11.2016 B09B 5/00 15700134 MANIK VENTURES LTD SPENCER NIK Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 4. 20160326440 DISPOSAL OF REFUSE US 10.11.2016 C10B 53/07 15110609 MANIK VENTURES LIMITED Nik Spencer Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input put material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 5. 106061633 A pyrolysis chamber for treating domestic refuse and dwelling equipped with such a chamber CN 26.10.2016 B09B 3/00 112015000004128 MANIK VENTURES LTD SPENCER NIK Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 6. 201617019620 A PYROLYSIS CHAMBER FOR TREATING DOMESTIC REFUSE AND DWELLING EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A CHAMBER IN 31.08.2016 B09B 3/00 201617019620 MANIK VENTURES LIMITED SPENCER Nik Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed in tariff. Thus a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 7. WO/2015/104400 A PYROLYSIS CHAMBER FOR TREATING DOMESTIC REFUSE AND DWELLING EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A CHAMBER WO 16.07.2015 B09B 3/00 PCT/EP2015/050369 MANIK VENTURES LIMITED SPENCER, Nik Existing approaches to refuse handling are all based on historical approaches which rely on a network of refuse collection vehicles collecting waste from individual households and delivering this to a centralised landfill or MBI location. This is highly undesirable and wasteful. An alternative process is disclosed, relying on the thermal treatment of waste and like products produced or brought in to the residential property and processed within the domestic curtilage to produce fuel or other forms of energy. Thus, domestic waste will be thermally treated at the home instead of being collected by local authorities and disposed of. The waste input material will be loaded into a domestically engineered thermal conversion unit either directly or after a pre-process such as shredding. The feedstock will be converted into fuels by a thermal treatment, such as pyrolysis. The resultant output of oil and gas can either be stored or fed into a boiler unit to be used as a fuel to produce hot water, or used to run an electricity generating unit to power the dwelling in question or for supply to a feed-in tariff. Thus, a domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit for processing waste produced in the dwelling, an output of the thermal treatment unit being combusted for producing an energy output for the dwelling. A suitable pyrolysis chamber is disclosed. 8. 2522041 Disposal of refuse GB 15.07.2015 B09B 3/00 201400422 MANIK VENTURES LTD SPENCER NIK A domestic dwelling includes a thermal treatment unit 46 for processing waste produced in the dwelling wherein an output of the thermal treatment unit is connected to a combustor 48 for producing an energy output for the dwelling. The treatment unit converts the waste into a combustible material. Ideally, the thermal treatment unit comprises a plasma torch and converts the waste to syngas and/or oil such that the waste is treated by plasma gasification. The thermal treatment unit may include a shredder 54. The combustor may be a boiler or furnace and the energy output may be used to heat water or supply electrical power.

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