Author Archives: Masato R. Nakamura, Eng.Sc.D.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/sainsburys-store-powered-food-waste A Sainsbury’s store in the West Midlands will be the first retail outlet in the UK to come off the National Grid and be powered by food waste alone in a groundbreaking project being unveiled on Monday. Sainsbury’s and … Continue reading →

http://www.epa.gov/region9/waste/features/foodtoenergy/index.html

Fall Semester 2014 starts!!

A mass balance, also called a material balance, is an application of conservation of mass to the analysis of physical systems. By accounting for material entering and leaving a system, mass flows can be identified which might have been unknown, … Continue reading →

Rate equation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The rate law or rate equation for a chemical reaction is an equation that links the reaction rate with concentrations or pressures of reactants and constant parameters (normally rate coefficients and partial reaction … Continue reading →

Today’s to do list: Literature review for Decomposition Rate of food waste on the street. Let’s go to sciencedirect and check papers on food decomposition rate (fruits, dog food, vegetables). ——————- Notes: + Open environment (trash cans, bins): it’s easy … Continue reading →

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This is an interesting article. https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/nycecology/2013/10/02/birth-control/

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http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/heatmapjs/