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Let’s light the Olympic flame together!
Our goal is to have the new 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame burn with biomethane!
Chika Tada, Associate Professor, Tohoku University
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[email protected], 08050417015
Biomethane Olympic flame can achieve,
1. The world’s first renewable energy Olympic
flame.
2. Everyone can participate to make flame.
In addition, the action will be an environmental
education.
3. Making the recycling system that can reduce
environmental impact
4. Appreciation for the earthquake recovery
Light the flame of hope for the future
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How each people to participate making energy for the flame
！動運の後食
Cultivate
vegetable
食後の運動！
ene café METHANE
Home or hotels
Tea warmed using biomethane will be served to you
Liquid fertilizer
Hot spring
Energy for
100 cups of
tea
N 0.19 %
P 0.02%
K 0.05%
Food waste
12 kg/day
Digested liquid
50 L/day
Biogas 1300 L/day
The area for the system
needs
Methane fermentation tank
1.4 m3
Tower
Digested liquid of
remove
tank
H2S
8m
Balloon for biogas
Micro methane fermentation system using hot spring
2m 3m
(parking area for a car)
The micro methane fermentation system in Naruko hot spring area
Area of the system needs
8m 2m 3m
= Parking area for a car 4
Balloon for stock of Biogas
1300 L biogas was produced from 12 kg of food garbage.
The garbage was concentrated from the area by residents
on their own.
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ene café METHANE where hot water was made with biomethane.
You will pay “food garbage “ to drink a cup of tea.
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Let’s light the Olympic flame together!
Our goal is to have the new 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame burn with biomethane!
We are looking forward
to your participation!
http://www.olympic-flame.net/index.html
Young and old
Around 670 supporters
They agreed that
“everyone can make
the flame".
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For 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics, biomethane will be
produced using small or micro methane fermentation systems
For flame of Olympic cauldron
Small system; 50 m3 size of methane fermentation system
Biogas → refining → gas pipe → flame of Olympic cauldron
We will produce biomethane for 1.5 years using 50 m3 size of methane
fermentation system.
In advance , the required amount of gas is supplied biomethane to the gas line.
In the actual stage, natural gas will be burnt instead of biogas.
For flame of Olympic torch
Micro system：1.4 m3 size of methane fermentation system
Biogas →(refining) → stock →filling gas to torch
We will produce biomethane using micro systems.
We can use biomethane for flame of Olympic torch directly.
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Torch
8 micro system will be set on each area in Japan.
Producing biogas→refining→stock→torch
Micro methane fermentation
systems will be set on each area.
The biogas for runner in the area
will be produced at the same area.
If 8 systems will be set in Japan, we
can produce biogas for 8000 pieces
of torch within a half year .
Area for a micro system need only 30 m2
(Biogas system and stock area).
In many parts of the world,
biomethane will be produced at each area.
At each area, energy for Olympic flame will be produced by
your action.
食後の運動！
Biogas
producing
system
Provision of
food garbage
by local
residents
Stowage for
biomethane
(60 m3)
This stowage
can store one
year's volume
of biogas .
Biogas
produced
at each
area
will full into
torch.
Runner use a
torch filled
with biogas
produced at
own area.
For example, Olympian and Paralympic athletes can participate to make
biomethane for Olymic flame at Olympic village
食後の運動！
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A New bottle to stock biomethane
The bottle was made from a pet
bottle and CLAIST®.
(AIST, NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO. LTD.,
CHUGOKU KOUGYOU CO. LTD.,
MIYAGIKASEI Co.,Ltd.)
CLAIST® is a film material, which is
superior in heat-resistance and high
gas barrier properties to conventional
materials.
Only 3 kg bottle !
We can stock biomethane
under low pressure conditions.
No need credential to fill biogas into this bottle.
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A New torch system!
A small , light-weight product is needed for torch.
However , methane does not liquefy under outside temperature and low
pressure.
So it is difficult to reduce the volume of methane to a torch size.
Now, we make a proposal of a new torch system!
Flame of
endeavors!
Bag filled with 150L of biomethane。
It can light for 15mins.
Tube for gas like a
blood vessel!
Gas will be
supplied at
8 L/min.
Some pump system, we will need.
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In Sengoku era, Japan,
Samurai sholdered a bag “Holo” to prevent from arrows.
Torch system
using shapememory alloy
fibers
Kaga,
Hyakumangoku,
Parade,
in Kanazawa
After Olympic and Paralympic,
the system will be contribute for making sustainable society.
Biomethane
ene・café
bio flame
Vegetable will be
cultivated using
digested liquid.
The system will be an oasis where we can use bioenergy
and food at a community.
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After Olympic and Paralympic,
the system will be contribute for making sustainable society.
In addition, we can utilize this place for environmental education
to the next generation.
If it had a disaster, this place will be a shelter.
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Merit of the micro methane fermentation system.
12kg food garbage /day is treated. Initial investment is 2,600,000 yen.
Table 1 Annual cost reduction
Alternate of chemical fertilizer
11,476
yen/year
Garbage treatment costs
43,800
yen/year
individual
126,144
yen/year
city
32,266
yen/year
213,686
yen/year
Alternate of town gas
Sum
Table 2
Annual CO2 reduction
Alternate of chemical fertilizer
0.17
tCO2/year
Reduce of garbage by
incineration treatment
181.1
tCO2/year
reduce heavy oil
0.45
tCO2/year
reduce electricity
Alternate of town gas
0.46
tCO2/year (reduce town gas
Sum
182.2
tCO2/year
Future plans
2015
Determination of location for the systems.
8 systems will be installed in Japan.
2016
Start to make biogas at each place.
Demonstration biomethane flame in Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Cultivating vegetable using digested liquid.
New brand vegetables will be produced for TOKYO Olympic
2017
Test for biomethane torch!
And improve it.
2018
Keep producing biomethane and stock.
2019
Open “ene café METHANE” to promote Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic
2020
TOKYO Olympic and Paralympic with biomethane Olympic flame
2021
Make a micro community in center of the system
for constructing sustainable societies
CHALLENGE!
Bio-methane flame is produced by your action!
To run on biomethane flame at Olympic torch
relay, is a biggest challenge for human race.
Let’s do it together for the future!!
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