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Circular Organic Waste

This project was part of DDW 2023
Circular Organic Waste — © photo: Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

C.O.W. is a self-sufficient cooking station for local communities. Just as in a cow's stomach, biogas and biofertilizer are produced using a fermenter through the bacterial decomposition of cellulose in a COâ‚‚-neutral way.

An open source cooking station with self-sufficient energy generation

Organic waste is a resource from which cooking gas and bio-fertilizer can be generated through the bacterial decomposition of plant residues and manure. The cooking station utilizes this process, locally providing independent energy for food preparation/production, strengthening social interactions within the community and relating energy use to consumption in a tangible way. The open access blueprint empowers anyone to start their own gas production using low-cost common finished products.

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cooking area — © Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

gas storage — © Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

feeding the fermentor — © Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

the open-source blueprint — © Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

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