Indawo yaseCalifornia yamkele itekhnoloji enokwetyisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2,400 yeepawundi (ngaphezulu kwetoni enye) yenkunkuma yokutya ngosuku, kwaye ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-1 inokuguqula inkunkuma yokutya ibe ngamanzi akhuselekileyo okusingqongileyo ahamba ngqo kwinkqubo yogutyulo lweluntu. Eli lelinye inyathelo eliluhlaza elithe labekwa endaweni elinciphisa imeko yendalo iphela.
I-Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa e-Southern California iyenza ipropathi yokuqala kwihotele eCoachella Valley ukuphumeza i-ORCA Technology, itekhnoloji entsha ephuhliswe yi-ORCA Digesters, Inc. eguqula inkunkuma yokutya ibe ngamanzi. Ukusetyenziswa kwale nkqubo kuya kuguqula malunga neetoni ezingama-624 zenkunkuma yokutya kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma ngonyaka, ngaloo ndlela kuncitshiswa inani leegesi zemethane eziveliswa kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, ukuthoba ukusetyenziswa kwedizili yelori yenkunkuma, kunye nesiphumo sokukhutshwa kwe-CO2. Ukongeza, inkunkuma yokutya eyetyisiweyo inokuthi isetyenziselwe ukwenza amandla ahlaziyekayo kwizibonelelo zokucocwa kwamanzi amdaka.
"Obu buchwephesha butsha kulungiso lwenkunkuma yokutya buza kusivumela ukuba sibe yinkokheli kwiCahelhella Valley yokurisayikilisha inkunkuma yethu yokutya," utshilo uMlawuli weZibonelelo zeApa Caliente Casino Resort Spa. "I-ORCA lulongezo olubalaseleyo kwiinzame zethu esele ziphumelele zokurisayikilisha eziqhubekayo ngoku."
"Kwi-Agua Caliente sizimisele ukukhusela indalo esingqongileyo yeendwendwe zethu, abasebenzi bethu, indawo yaseGreater Coachella Valley kunye nehlabathi," utshilo uSaverio "Sal" Scheri III, iGosa eliyiNtloko lokuSebenza leAgua Caliente Casino Resort Spa. "Utshintsho olwenziwe nguJim Stone kunye neqela lakhe linciphise ifuthe lethu kwindalo esingqongileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kwaye sijonge phambili ekuqhubekeni sithathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukugcina enye yezona ndawo zokuzonwabisa zinobungozi kwindalo yethu."
I-ORCA sisisombululo esifanelekileyo sendalo esingqongileyo kumba wokulahlwa kwenkunkuma kukutya. Ngaphakathi kwesikhongozeli esenziwe ngentsimbi engenasici, isisombululo se-ORCA, isisombululo sendalo se-Microorganism sisebenza ngamanzi kunye ne-biochips ehlaziyiweyo ukukhawulezisa ngokukhawuleza inkunkuma. Ngenkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yi "aerobic digestion," itekhnoloji yeORCA ihlala ikhupha yonke le nto, yongeza ioksijini ekhawulezisa ixesha elithathayo lokuguqula ukulahlwa kwenkunkuma kukutya okulungele umhlaba.
Ukwamkelwa kuka-Agua Caliente kwitekhnoloji ye-ORCA yeyona nzame intsha yokuphucula imeko yendalo iphela. Amanyathelo okhoyo okhoyo aluhlaza abandakanya ukuphuculwa okubalulekileyo kokukhanyisa kwendawo yokuphumla. IAgua Caliente igqibe iiprojekthi zokuguqula ukukhanya kumbane kwindawo zayo zokupaka ezibandakanya ukutshintshwa kwebhalbhu ezingaphezu kwe-700 ngeebhalbhu ze-LED. Ukongeza, iipesenti ezingama-90 zeendawo zangaphakathi ziguqulwe zaba kukukhanya kwe-LED, kubandakanya onke amagumbi eendwendwe angama-340, kunye neepesenti ezingama-75 zazo zonke izibane zelizwe eziguqulweyo. Ezi kunye nezinye iinzame zokuqokelela zikhokelele kulondolozo phantse lwe-1.3 yezigidi zeeyure ze-kilowatt ukubuyela kwigridi yombane yendawo. Ukongeza kwiiprojekthi zokuguqula ukukhanya, indawo yokubhengeza ikwathatha inxaxheba kwiNkqubo yoLondolozo lweMfuno yase-Southern California Edison, ithembisa ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwamandla ngexesha leemfuno eziphezulu. Ukuqhubela phambili, ukusukela ngo-Matshi 2017, inkqubo yokurisayikilisha iphinde yahlaziya iipawusi ezingama-478,000 zekhadibhodi, ialuminiyam, kunye neplastikhi enguNombolo 1.
