turning waste into alcohol then into energy....

[science girl]

What are the steps of turning household wastes into alcohol and then turning the alcohol into energy?
I found this project in a book and I really want to do it....but I retuned the book to my teacher and I need to fill out a form telling him what I'm doing for the science fair. And this form is due tomorrow (well, today).

[deleted-2574]

Hi science girl,

Two ways to turn waste into alcohol are to use a pressure cooker and sulphuric acid. Please see:

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2002/Projects/J0810.pdf
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Current/Projects/J1104.pdf

Thanks.

Both the links are from the California State Science Fair.

Notes in the second link:
1. parental supervision
2. experimenting with different kinds of waste

The alcohol is turned into energy by burning it.

[deleted-71712]

Hi science girl,

Welcome to the forum. A third option for producing alcohol from organic waste is to use yeast to ferment it. We also have a project idea involving the collection of biogas, rather than alcohol: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p027.shtml

Some useful search terms might be biomass alcohol energy science project, with the addition of ferment or yeast if that's the way you want to go.

Best wishes,
Amanda

[science girl]

Thank you, Dave and Amanda. ^_^ That was very helpful and I now worked everything out (I don't mean doing the project, but knowing how to do the project hehe). Again, thanks. ^_^