VietNamNet Bridge – The inventor of a special garbage incinerator and electricity generator, a farmer in Thai Binh province, has dismantled his work following a ban by the provincial science and technology department.

Kien's incinerator was tested at a market in 2011.

However, the specialists from the Ministry of Science and Technology have commented that this is “a great achievement of the Vietnamese creativity”.

When reporters came to see Bui Van Kien, a farmer in Thai Thuy District of Thai Binh Province, at his house on July 7 to learn about the incinerator – electricity generator, they were told by Kien that the work had been dismantled.

“As the Thai Binh provincial Science & Technology Department prohibits me to continue creating the incinerator, I have decided to strip it down,” he told the reporters. “I feel sad when looking at it”.

Three years ago, Kien felt excited when he successfully created an incinerator which can generate electricity during the burning process in front of witnesses from the Thai Binh provincial Science & Technology Department.

The materials burnt were domestic garbage, industrial waste (steel scrap) and medical waste as well. The electricity volume generated during the burning process was enough to light 20 100W lamps, while the volume of smoke discharged to the environment was inconsiderable.

Some days later, Kien received a notice from the department that he must stop making the incinerator because it may threaten safety in the area and pollute the environment.

Kien later upgraded the incinerator, which allowed it to burn garbage more effectively and generate electricity in a more stable manner.

“The smoke discharged to the environment was just ‘white smoke’ which was not toxic,” he said.

“However, as the science department repeatedly told me to stop my work, I have dismantled the incinerator,” he said.

In order to create the incinerator, Kien had to spend all of the money he had saved.

However, Kien said he feels discouraged not because he spent too much money on the research work, but because he did not receive the support from competent agencies.

“I made it (the incinerator) with my own money. I did not cause any explosions or fire during the experiments. And the smoke generated from the incinerator was inconsiderable if compared with the smoke volume generated by farmers when burning straw after harvesting,” he said, adding that his work did not cause any problem to the environment.

The farmer not only can make incinerators that generate electricity. The reporters found at his house many other useful research works, including a machine that can turn saltwater into freshwater and a machine that generates power to heat water tanks during the waste treatment process.

“I have many other ideas, but I cannot turn them into reality because I don’t have money and I cannot obtain permission from competent agencies,” he said, adding that his ideas all aim to create products friendly to the environment.

“I visited some thermopower plants in Vietnam and found that most of them use Chinese technologies, i.e., many tons of coal are burnt to generate electricity. I just need 5-10 percent of the coal amount to create thermal energy,” he said.

Dat Viet