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Friday, December 5.1975
University Daily Kansan
Manure for energy
By MARY ANN DAUGHERTY
Staff Writer
Engineering professors at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University expect to receive a grant soon to finance energy sources for a Pratt power plant.
The grant from the Ozarks Regional
$400,000,000 and is expected to be by 1993.
KU's Kemenn Bishop and Harold Rossor and K-State's L.T. Fan, professors of chemical engineering, and K-State's agricultural engineering, will do the study.
Bishop said yesterday that the professors planned to study energy needs in Pratt, a southwest Kansas community that is ex- tensive to lose its natural gas supply in seven years.
Natural gas fuels Pratt's municipal-owned power plant, Bishop said, but suppliers have notified city officials that the supply was unsustainable to supply gas beyond 1981, he said.
Pratt officials, he said, have purchased his reserves, but the reserves are expected to fall.
Bishop said he and Rossen would study the possibility of wet oxidation of manure to produce energy to heat boilers that turn turbines in Pratt's power plant.
The manure, he said, could be gathered from feedlots near Pratt.
Grases eaten by b cattle, Bishop said, aren't thoroughly digested. Many of the cellulose materials, which contain cornstarch, are intact and can be oxidized, he said.
Bishop said wet oxidation was a process whereby manure and water are put in a pressurized vessel and air or oxygen added. When the pressure is raised to 1,000 pounds of pressure the temperature reaches 600-650 degrees Fahrenheit, he said, oxidation occurs.
Wet oxidation isn't a new concept, Bishop said, and has been used to dispose of sewage in Japan for several years. He said the process to fuel a power plant was new.
Carbon dioxide, water and organic acids are produced during oxidation, he said, and only the acids are pollutants; they can be disposed of.
The KU part of the study will receive
25 cent and constitute 25 per cent of the
study.
Bishop said this study wouldn't result in a solution to the energy shortage but would be a step toward using all available energy sources.
Part of the KU study will concern the economics of oxidizing manure, Bishop said. Because manure is confined to a small area within the feedlots, he said, collection would be an expensive task scattered across the open ranges, the plan would be concomitably impossible, he said.
The K-State professors are studying the collection, transportation and combustion of chopped wheat straw. They're also learning about the manure into their biological reactions.
Bishop said the study would be presented to Pratt officials in such a way that they could accept a combination of several findings to solve their energy problems.
K-State began the study several months ago, Bishop said, and KU professors were in charge.
He said a special governor's committee suggested KU's study of wet oxidation be included in the presentation to Pratt officials.
For the past two and one-half years, Bishop said, he and Rosson have been studying alternate energy sources. Wetlands have been researched for some time, he said.
The study is expected to be completed by next falls.
On Campus
Events...
TODAY: The women's swim team will host the BIG 8 BELAYS all day in the Robinson Natatorium. THE KU CERAMIC CLUB'S CHRISTMAS sale will be in the main lobby of the Union from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. THE KU Y GIFT FAIR will be in the Main Lobby from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. FOARIA FIAR will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 a.m. In the United Ministries Center, CHANCELLOR ARCHIE R. DYKES AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLO DEL SHANKEL will have an open meeting with students, faculty and staff at 1 p.m. on the Forum Room of the Union. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE PROMOTES BROADCASTING AT AUDIOVISION BROADCASTING BETA KAPA INSTALLATIONS will be at 4 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Union.
TONIGHT: The KU FOLK DANCE CLUB will dance at 7:30 in 173 Robinson. The KU India Club is sponsoring a talk on "RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA" at 7:30 in the Forum Room of the Union. THE BLACK ARTS ALLIANCE will present "I am a Black Woman," a dramatization of the black woman's struggle for liberation in America, at 8 in the United Ministries Center. THE FINE HONS ROSCITAL will be at 8 in Swainton Rotch Hall.
TOMORROW: The women's swim team will host the BIG 8 RELAY all day in the Johnson Natatorium THE FOOTBALL BAANQUET will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Umpqua.
SUNDAY: There will be a holiday luncheon for retired KU faculty and staff at 12:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Union. KU FOLK DANCE CLUB will attend at 2 p.m. in 173 Robinson. CHRISTMAS VESPERS will be at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the GRADIATE 4-H CLUB will meet at 8 p.m. in the Governor's Room of the Union.
Announcements...
STUDENTS WISHING A CHANCE TO STUDY at a major French university during the 1967/68 academic year should apply by Dec. 10 in the Study Abroad Office.
Correction...
It was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Kansan that a solar energy project at Triangle fraternity house is helping to heat the house. The project is a lab exercise being done by students of the School of Architecture and the units will be given to the school when the experiment is completed. Plans to convert the Triangle house to solar heating are incomplete and this conversion would be financed with Federal funds, not alumni contributions as stated in the story.
Band seeking funds . . .
From page one
Del Shankar, executive vice chancellor,
said that the deadline or securing the funds
of the grant was not yet reached.
Sankel said that he changed his not-optoministic outlook on the band's chances of success.
The University took action because of support from the Senate, students, parents and community leaders.
"One way or another, we're going to put the funds together," he said.
Hack said the Alumni Association, the Endowment Association, the KU Alumni Band, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and the University Club were all involved in the fund drive.
He said that he hoped to use 20 or more telephones to receive donations next week.
"We're making every effort to enable the community of Lawrence to participate in these efforts."
Paul Gray, KU Alumni Band board member and owner of Paul Gray's Jazz
Gray said that the Gaslight Gang Dixieland Band, composed of former KU Band Members, would play next Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Place, 929 Massachusetts St., said there would two fund raising parties at his bar.
According to Martin, most of the Endowment Association's resources have been allocated this year, so the Association is helping with the fund drive instead of giving
Martin also said that he was pleased with the response from the band's local support.
"We'll take any contributions for the band from anybody," Gray said.
He said there would be free admission, and popcorn. The club has a capacity of 25%.
"The Lawrence community is responding well from a volunteer standpoint, as it has done throughout the decade."
The appearance of Gene Roddenberry, who wrote and produced Star Trek, was cancelled by the Association of University Space Halls (AUHR) assembly last night.
Because of a recent task taken in the approved halls, the AURH assembly approved sending to Ed Rolfs, student body president, and the Student Senate a letter
Rodenberry's appearance was to have the assistance of AURH and the Interfraternity Council.
AURH cancels producer
The AURH assembly also adopted a policy which would require an annual report from committee chairmen about AURH activities during each school year.
encourages them to pursue plans for a satellite union to be built near the new law
Applications for an academic resource center coordinator will be accepted until Dec. 14. The coordinator will set up a test room and provide residents and an academic resource center.
Union plans . . .
From page one
The Hawk's Nest will be converted into a dance area only on weekends when several groups perform. It is run by Union, but Burge said he hoped it would be converted every Friday and Saturday night.
He said a portable platform for bands would be set up next to the west wall of the Hawk's Nest and the tables would be removed in that area to make a dance floor.
If at least 150 people attend the first several dances, the Union would consider the event.
He said the Hawk's Nest, which sends 587 people, have become a night club that could be named 'Night Club' in the air.
Burge said John Works, SUA small events chairman, and Mike Miller, SUA activities adviser, suggested to him that the Union expand its recreational facilities.
Stu McDonald, SUA popular films chairman, said refreshments, including
Ouse Memorial Theatre
beer, soft drinks and popcorn, would be
available for movies on Friday
and Saturday.
Juniors
The refreshments will be sold from a popcorn wagon, either across from a movie theater or on set on nights when activities other than the movie are being held in the union, he said.
and
Seniors
In School of Education are invited to
Kansas City Kansas School System
Hospitality Day
Tuesday. Dec. 9, 1975
9 a.m.-3.30 p.m.
Pine Room
Student Union Building
Refreshments Served
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