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Flame plasma pyrolysis process turns spent coffee grounds into biofuel

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Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) developed flame plasma pyrolysis technology that converts 18 million tonnes of annual wet coffee waste into high-grade bio-char fuel in 90 seconds, eliminating the energy-intensive predrying step previous methods required.

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