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July, 2014
Lead Story Headline
Contents
President Desk 2
Letter from Editor 3
Biogas in News 4
Articles
Low cost flexi-biogas plants 9
Biogas: A Green Vehicular Fuel 13
Government Initiatives for Promotion of Biogas 17
Upcoming Events 18
Useful Links 20
Annexures 21
E-Newsletter
Vol. 5, Issue 1 (Jan-June, 2014)
Cover Story Biogas: A Green
Vehicular Fuel
Upgrading and bottling of biogas, a renewable energy source, can help in both waste management and building a sustainable environment. Virendra Kumar Vijay writes about ongoing research developments in the field.
Professor V K Vijay explaining about Biogas car to Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Minister Road Transport and Highways
Biogas Forum India Centre for Rural Development and Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 INDIA
Email: [email protected]
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President Desk Biogas-Fertilizer-Waste-Treatment Plant (BFWTP)-a new name needs to be coined for biogas plants. It is because Biogas Technology solves three problems of bio-waste treatment, supplementing gaseous fuel availability and improving good quality organic fertilizer/ manure availability. So basically it has three outputs. Accordingly, it is required that financial resource available for these sectors be made available as input to make biogas-fertilizer sector sustainable of its own while making business sense for entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, it is seen and funded only as biogas generation plant and the other two components of waste treatment plant and organic fertilizer plant remains unsupported financially, thereby making this sector financially unsustainable. It is required that financial resources available for waste treatment, energy generation and organic fertilizer production pooled together to finance biogas-fertilizer sector. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Urban Development and local bodies have to join hands under a co-ordination body, say, Secretary, Co-ordination, Cabinet Secretariat of government of India. 2. Technology-wise biogas is a well proven and established technology. Generally, feed-slurry is made using biomass waste and water to have about 10% solid content. With this large volume of biomass material is to be handled. However, the biogas technology needs to be revisited in view of water shortage, space shortage and problem of handling, storage and transportation of large volume of digested slurry in liquid form. Taken together it becomes commercially less attractive. The technology of dry digestion for biogas plants with addition of little or no water to the feed-slurry. Some technologies are available, which needs to be evaluated and further worked upon to provide a technically sound and commercially viable ‘Biogas-Fertilizer-Waste-Treatment Plant (BFWTP)’. 3. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has converted its 11th Plan Programme on ‘Demonstration of Integrated Technology for Biogas Generation, Purification and Bottling’ to produce compressed biogas (CBG)/ Bio-CNG as a regular dissemination programme of the Ministry. The BIS Standard for ‘Biogas Composition’ is in place. The Ministry of Transport has constituted a Committee for recognising CBG)/ Bio-CNG as a vehicular fuel. The current issue of the ‘BigFIN News Letter’ is brought for you. Let us join hands to succeed in installing, servicing and running ‘Biogas-Fertilizer-Waste-Treatment Plant (BFWTP)’ at all the locations where suitable biomass wastes are available in the country. Dr.Atma Ram Shukla President, Biogas Forum-India (BigFIN)
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Letter from Editor
It gives me immense pleasure to release the half-yearly newsletter of “Biogas Forum India”. The importance of biogas as a renewable source for generation of energy and power and more over as a measure for waste management is well established. However, the challenge remains to ensure the sector as viable and sustainable. Biogas Forum India is an endeavor to provide a much-needed platform for meeting entrepreneurs, field worker, students involving international universities and voicing constructively on critical issues of biogas sector to create a repository of knowledge.
This issue has been designed to bring an all-rounded perspective and information on the biogas sector. One of the important sections that the magazine will cover is updates on national policy guidelines for promotion of biogas and technological developments for the sector. In this issue, the cover story brings you experiences from a team of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the area of utilizing biogas as a vehicular fuel. The special story regarding new flexible type biogas plant installed by International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy focused on role of biogas technology in reducing drudgery of women in the kitchen and promoting biogas as a locally available appropriate means of energy supply which can lead women to better living conditions.
The Events section reports on conferences are meetings to be held and important links of proceedings from the conferences held on world level to address the issue of biogas production and up gradation.
I would like to convey to my readers that the aim of this newsletter is not only to provide you information about the advances in biogas sector but also an invitation to get engage pro-actively with you. We invite suggestions for further enhancement of the quality and standard of this newsletter in any area that has scope for improvement.
Professor Virendra Kumar Vijay General Secretary
Biogas Forum India
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BiOGaS In News
Coimbatore Municipal Corporation proposes biogas plants
Coimbatore Municipal Corporation planning to set up kitchen waste based biogas plant
to power cooking stoves at the civic body's night shelter in RS Puram and Anganwadis locality.
The wet waste will be sourced mainly from households in the west zone and two markets, the
Anna retail and MGR wholesale markets in the city. The biogas generated may also be used to
light up 125 low income households in the vicinity. A proposal to set up the plant at an
estimated cost of 12.10 Million Indian Rupee has been submitted to the Tamil Nadu state
government.
The corporation has also submitted a proposal for another biogas plant at
Nanjundapuram crematorium which will be utilized for cremation purposes. The crematorium
proposal is being prepared at a cost of 4.80 Million Indian Rupee. The corporation has already
set up a community kitchen at Saravanampatti and has another plant functioning to provide
power for the Amma canteen in Saravanampatti.
(Courtesy: The Times of India | July 5, 2014)
Government craps taxes on biogas in Budget 2014-15
Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitely announced custom duty relaxation for Compressed
Biogas (Bio-CNG) project’s machinery and equipment’s in the Union Budget 2014-15. In his
budget speech he said, “I propose to prescribe a concessional basic customs duty of 5 percent
on machinery and equipment’s required for setting up of compressed biogas plants (Bio-CNG)”.
On the other side, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also proposed scrapping tax on
biogas sector in state Budget for 2014-15. Chief Minister Raje proposed no tax on biogas.
(Courtesy: Budget Speeches)
Rural Electrification Corporation has sanctioned 775 DDG projects
The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has sanctioned 775 Decentralized Distributed
Generation (DDG) projects for a total cost of 3493.80 Million Indian Rupee over the last five
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years in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand,
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha.
As many as 164 of these 775 projects have already been commissioned and remaining
are at the various stages of Tendering & Execution, minister of state for power, coal & new
and renewable energy (independent charge) Piyush Goyal has said. DDG has been extended to
the grid connected area where supply of electricity is less than six hours a day, and can come
from conventional or renewable sources such as biomass, biofuels, and biogas, mini hydro and
solar. The DDG scheme provides a subsidy towards 90% of the project cost, and
9000MillionIndian Rupee has been earmarked for subsidies for DDG projects, according to an
official statement.
(Courtesy: The Times of India | July 21, 2014)
GREEN POWER SYSTEMS
Next Generation entrepreneurs use technology to provide innovative solutions to India’s
garbage crisis. Mainak Chakraborty and SreekrishnaSankar developed tech startup named Bio
Urja that converts waste to biogas. Bio Urja model, with seed fund of 2.50 Million Indian Rupee
as investment earned 10 Million Indian Rupee revenue per quarter. Looking after success of the
model, they are planning to set up bottling units to sell bottled biogas.
Green Power Systems handles one tons of
waste a day, to produce biogas that is
equivalent to four cylinders of LPG. The
company is funded by i2india Ventures and
has clients such as school lunch delivery
organization Akshaya Patra& Infosys. Its
systems are installed in 10 processing units
across the country. It aims to cross the $1
million mark while keeping the team size
below 15.
(Courtesy: The Economic Times | July 18, 2014)
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Government to change laws to permit cars to run on different fuels: Nitin Gadkari
Government will make necessary changes in law and bring it on par with international
standards to enable cars, especially those running on bio-fuels, to ply on Indian roads, Road
Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said. He said the government will try to introduce the changes
in the next session of Parliament.
"There is a requirement to make changes in the law and bring it on par with international
standards, which can enable us to permit cars that run on different fuels, especially bio-fuel."
"We will try to introduce the changes in the next session of Parliament. The government has
already announced to make necessary changes in law for e-rickshaws that will give employment
to over 2 lakh people," Gadkari said.
He was addressing delegates at a seminar organized by BJP's Non-Conventional
Energy Cell at the party headquarters. Gadkari said suggestions would be sought from
delegates before taking a policy decision is taken over the issue.
He said the Ministry would also study automobile laws in the United States, Canada, Brazil and
Germany before making any change.
(Courtesy: The Economic Times | July 14, 2014)
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to earn Rs 27.5 million annually from biogas
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has awarded a contract for sale of biogas generated at
the sewage treatment plant at Pirana to Rockstone Infrastructure Private Limited. With this,
AMC expects to generate Rs 27.5 Million per annum, for 18 months.
Up till now, the gas generated at the sewage treatment plant was burnt and was being wasted.
This month, AMC invited tenders from companies for sale of the gas generated and the
contract has been given at the rate of Rs 9.18 per cubic metre.
AMC has also provided 4,000 sq m of land to set up the plant and leased it for 15 years. Suresh
Patel, chairman of water supply and sewerage committee of AMC, said, "The Company is
already engaged in a similar biogas project in Jaipur and we will become the second corporation
in the country to do this."
(Courtesy: The Economic Times | Oct 22, 2013)
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Poultry droppings can generate enough gas to run a farm
At 5.30 pm every day, a conveyor belt takes away 100tonnes of droppings from beneath the 1
million cackling hens at India's largest egg-laying farm at Karlam village, an overnight bus
journey away from Visakhapatnam. Two hours later, the droppings from the five swanky sheds
are fed into a biogas plant nearby.
The litter will generate enough gas to produce the 1 MW of power every day needed for the
fully automated temperature-controlled hen houses, besides running the tray and carton-
making factories. At this unit of Radha Sakku Agro Farms, droppings have literally raised the
cool quotient.
It wasn't always so. Poultry is a smelly business. "Droppings are a headache," says Siddharth
Venkat Ram, director at Radha Sakku. Each chicken produces around 100 gm of slushy dropping
daily.
The masses of droppings attract buzzing flies that spread disease in nearby villages, often
forcing the district administration to intervene. Poultry farmers usually rake the droppings into
a heap and let them dry in the sun or compost it. There are few takers for the manure.
(Courtesy: The Economic Times | March 17, 2013)
Auto Expo 2014: Scania plans to unveil green buses by April
Swedish commercial vehicles manufacturer Scania plans to unveil green buses based on non-
conventional fuel such as bio-gas and ethanol in India by April this year.
"We have been running ethanol-driven buses in Stockholm ... we have plans to showcase this
technology to Indian market by April this year," Scania Commercial Vehicles India Director (Pre-
sales and Marketing) Krister Thulin said at the 12th Auto Expo here.
The company is in talks with government for promoting commercial sale of such buses and
arrangement of ethanol- blended fuel for these, Anders Grundstromer, Managing Director,
Scania India and Senior Vice President Scania Group said.
He said usage of such fuel will help in protecting environment and promote green technology.
Currently in India, oil marketing companies are using at least 5 per cent ethanol blending in
fuel.
He further said the company is also in talks with an oil marketing company for supply of 95 per
cent ethanol blended fuel to run green buses.
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Eco-friendly fuel can be generated from waste and agri products which are more sustainable
than conventional energy sources and less polluting, Thulin said.
Scania India, which is selling premium mining trucks in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro and
city-bus, has a manufacturing plant in Bangalore.
(Courtesy: The Economic Times | feb14, 2014)
Award-winning Indian SMEs partner for sustainability project
A Karnataka-based musical and academic educational trust has tied up with SELCO India to
implement its award-winning sustainability project.
Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya (KSV) was granted $100,000 at the 2014 Zayed Future Energy Prize
award ceremony for its student-led project to become self-sustainable using energy
efficiency, solar technology and bio-gas energy.
The school has partnered with SELCO India, the 2014 Small and Medium Enterprises finalist,
that uses renewable energy for alleviating poverty, to build a solar powered 'green
amphitheater' as a means to enhance its music and dance-focused curriculum.
SELCO will also install a solar powered mini-grid to power the school's classrooms and hostel
facilities. KSV has commissioned SELCO to undertake an energy audit prior to the solar
installations, with a second energy audit planned post-installation to compare savings.
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Articles
Low cost flexi biogas plants
International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy along with Biogas Development
and Training Center, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi worked on field studies of the new
flexible biogas model. Biogas Development and Training Center, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi provided technical consultancy and facilitated three such biogas system to Mr. Dominic
Wanjania from Kenya who has developed this kind of system. IFAD had supported Mr. Dominic
to install these plants in their project in 2 biogas plants at tribal farmer’s families in Raigada
District, Odisha and IIT-Delhi to evaluate their performance. The project was undertaken to
evaluate the performance of flexi biogas system in field and give feedback on its technical and
social aspects.
Tribal Village in Odissa, India Cow shed in beneficiary house
Biogas can play a vital role in reducing drudgery of women in rural areas. Generally they
spent 3 – 4 hours daily for collection of fuel wood for biomass cook stoves. Biogas is a mixture
of gases which is produced by digestion of organic wastes under an anaerobic environment. In
rural areas animal manure is used in biogas plants for biogas generation. Promoting biogas as a
locally available appropriate means of energy supply can lead to better living conditions. Biogas
provides double benefits to rural areas, one it provides clean cooking fuel and second better
bio-fertilizer for agriculture.
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Awareness program was conducted among the ladies of villages and the beneficiaries
The most common type of biogas system and the most widely adopted in India, is a
floating drum type biogas system and fixed dome type Deenbandhu biogas system. Another
type of biogas plant is flexi biogas plant. This is a flexible above-ground system which is simpler
and low cost. This system is simply a 6m x 3m plastic bag made of PVC tarpaulin and is modular
in nature. The Flexi Biogas system is portable and expandable. In design it is similar to an open-
ended pillow case; it consists of a plastic digester bag housed in a greenhouse tunnel. The
tunnel acts like an insulated jacket, trapping heat and keeping the temperature between25 and
36 degrees Celsius so as anaerobic digestion can be facilitated by mesophilic microbes.
Flexi models of biogas plant developed by Mr. Dominic Wanjania of Kenya were setup at
two tribal families in Raigarha district of Odisha, India and one at the residence of Professor in
IIT Delhi campus during July 2013. The materials of these two biogas plant, accessories and
green house canopy were procured locally from Delhi. Biogas plants were fabricated by Mr.
Dominic Wanjania as per his design having around 2 m3 digester volume and 1 m3 gas volume.
The field plants were operated on cow dung while IIT Delhi plant was operated on food waste
and Jatropha de-oiled cake. Gas production in these biogas plants varied from 0.4 cum to 1.0
cum per day. Beneficiaries were given small training to operate and maintain the plant
effectively.
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Flexi Biogas plants installed at two of the beneficiaries in Village in Odisha
Slurry from the biogas plant is being used as manure
In the tribal villages people those having cattle’s are interested to have the flexi biogas plant
in order to save time & forest. The plant contributes to enhancement of vegetable & crops
production and additional income. Also the investment to set up such plant is around INR
6,000-9,000 (US$ 100-150). The villagers are taking keen interest regarding benefits of biogas
plant along with utilization of biogas and bio-fertilizer.
Earlier women of tribal families spend much of their time in collecting fire wood in the
absence of easily accessible and affordable fuel. Biogas plant provided tribal families a locally
available appropriate means of energy generation which helped to promote better
living condition's apart from providing organic manure and most importantly helped in
mitigating drudgery of these women while reducing pressure on forests.
Women cooking food on stove running with
Biogas
Among the major challenges faced during this project was that only a trained person can
install such type of plants. The beneficiaries should also be trained if it gets puncture and its
repair and maintenance. Operation of biogas plant to gain benefits needs certain labour on day
to day basis and time, which families are serving. During the project an understanding was
developed that Biogas should be an important part of self-reliant energy supply system in rural
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areas. Usually, majority of household in villages have animals and their manure can be used for
biogas production however government should provide 50-60 % support to install biogas plants
and fuel and fertilizer. The plant owner should give at least 20 % contribution to generate
personal interest in it.
The flexi biogas system was recommended by BDTC, IIT Delhi to small and poor families as it
provides an economical and quick way to install biogas plant. Such type of plants are proposed
to install at places where there is no skilled person are available for construction of biogas plant
and in tough mountain terrains where construction of underground biogas plant is not feasible.
These plants apart from producing biogas which can be used for cooking, produces organic
manure which when applied in the field, improves agricultural productivity.
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Biogas: A Green Vehicular fuel
Enhanced energy security and climate change mitigation are the main drivers for the
transformation of the energy system from fossil to renewable sources. Biomass has to play a
key role in this transformation to a low carbon economy. Worldwide, biomass accounts for
more than two thirds of all renewable energy supplies. Among biomass sources, biogas is an
interesting option with a large potential, offering many exciting possibilities to supplant and
therefore reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. An estimate indicates that India has a
potential of generating 6.38 x 1010 m3 of biogas from 980 million tons of cattle dung produced
annually. The heat value of this gas amounts to 1.3 x 1012 MJ. In addition, 350 million tons of
compost would also be produced.
Rapid industrialization and population increase has resulted in the generation of huge
quantity of wastes, both solid and liquid, in industrial sectors such as sugar, pulp and paper,
food processing, sugar/starch, distilleries, dairies, tanneries, slaughterhouses, poultry farms etc,
Hence, there is a huge potential for the installation of medium to large-size biogas plants in the
country depending upon the availability of the feedstock. There is a huge potential for the
installation of medium – large scale biogas plants in the country. Upgraded and bottled biogas
is a renewable energy source which can help both in waste management and in building a clean
and sustainable environment. This technology is an economically viable option for biogas
produced at medium to large scales.
A 20 m3 floating drum type bio-digester Biogas enrichment laboratory
at IIT Delhi campus
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Based on the various sources and references the biogas production potential can be
translated to an aggregated estimated capacity of approximately 48,383 million m3 of biogas
generation annually. It was estimated that the contribution of upgraded biogas in the
transportation and cooking sector as a percentage of total petroleum fuels consumption for the
year 2011-2012 is approximately 86.8 % and 83.4% respectively supported by the Indian
Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics - 2011-2012.
Biogas typically consists of methane (50-70 %), carbon dioxide (30-45 %), traces of water
vapor and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The composition varies according to the feed material used.
Biogas has a heating value of 20-24 MJ. The presence of methane renders it combustible while
carbon dioxide, besides being noncombustible, restrains its compressibility there by making it
difficult to be stored in containers. Raw biogas has to be upgraded to natural gas quality in
order to be used in vehicles that are designed to use natural gas which means carbon dioxide
(CO2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), ammonia, particles and water (and sometimes other trace
compounds) have to be removed so that the product gas for vehicle use has a methane content
of about 95-98% by volume. This upgraded gas is generally referred to as Biomethane. This
upgraded gas or Biomethane is bottled at discharge pressure of 200 bar. This is termed as
Compressed Biogas (CBG). Further using a CNG dispensing cable and a nozzle to NZS standards
this CBG can be used for filling the gas into the vehicles. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
has developed a small scale water scrubbing technology The water-scrubbing-based biogas
upgradation and compression/bottling system was designed and developed at Indian Institute
of Technology Delhi, India, for enhancing the utility of biogas application that is, in vehicles and
cooking applications. The system consists water scrubbing column and methane-enriched
biogas compression system. The commercial viability of Biogas Purification and Bottling plant is
positive and like any other commercially viable industry.
Typical capacity of a commercial viable Biogas Purification & Bottling Plant is 1000
NM3/Day. Waste required for above capacity is around 20 Tons/Day of Cattle Dung or 10
Tons/Day of Pig, Poultry or Food Waste. This plant produces approximately 400 Kg/Day CNG &
6 Tons/Day of Semi Dried Manure and includes an Anaerobic Digester, Biogas Purification Plant,
High Pressure Compressor and CNG Cylinder Storage Cascade. Initial cost of the complete plant
is ~ Rs. 25 million excluding the cost of land. Compressed Biogas (CBG) can be used as a
replacement of commercial LPG or Vehicular Fuel with typical selling cost of Rs. 70/Kg. General
selling cost of manure is Rs. 3-4/Kg. Plant have a very good economics with a payback period of
4-5 Years.
In a recent study at European Union it showed that of over 70 different automotive
fuels and fuel paths, biogas is by far the most environment friendly and yielding considerably
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more than any other biofuels including second generation fuels. The Indian Government too
following the west, and going to take a step further towards realizing the vision of using
Compressed Biogas as a fuel for its rapidly growing car fleet.
Filling of biomethane in the car Three wheeler which runs on the enriched Biogas
At Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi regular CNG car has been run more than 20,000
kilometers and tested for Compressed Biogas as its fuel. It was noted that existing CNG vehicles
need not to undergo any modifications to be compatible to Biogas as a fuel. The fuel economy
and mass emission of the vehicle fuelled with the Compressed Biogas (CBG) with 93% CH4 and
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) with 89.14% CH4 were evaluated. The emissions such as CO, HC
and NOx are found to be marginally higher with the CBG than CNG. But vehicle’s emission with
CBG meets to the BS IV Emission Norms. There is no significant change in millage of the vehicle
fuelled with the CBG (24.11 km/kg) as compared to CNG (24.38 km/kg).
Biogas is a potential renewable energy and carbon neutral source for Rural as well as for
Urban India. Taking biogas generation as a base activity and compressing it for decentralized
power production, cooking needs at highway motels, industrial complex, dairy, food processing
units can be taken up, which will not only help us towards reducing unemployment and
alleviating economy it will also help us mitigate climate change by reducing waste.
Comparative Evaluation of Performance and Mass Emissions Of An Automotive Passenger Vehicle With Enriched Biogas Using Field Trial Tests
Within the definite duration, several field trials of vehicle which uses enrich biogas as a fuel, has
been done on different different road condition upto 20,000km. Periodically the exhaust
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emissions of vehicle were analyzed using emission analyzer at different time interval to check
the CO, HC, NOX and CO2 in the exhaust. Mass emissions of vehicle fuelled with enriched biogas
was evaluated using Chassis - Dynamometer test at ICAT Manesar, for both pre field trial (0
km) and post field trial ( after 20,000 km mileage build up) according to CMVR procedure on
Modified Indian Driving Cycle. All the emissions were found to be under BS 4 norms. The
deposit rating long with the wear and tear of the engine components viz. Cylinder liners, Valve
Heads, Spark Plug and Camshaft were done at pre (5000) and post field trails (25000), which
was found to be a nominal range.
To become a sustainable fuel, the fuel
must be economically suitable and so the fuel
economy of this vehicle was calculated based
on vehicles odometer reading during field
trials and by carbon balance method using
results of mass emission (24.11 km/kg). A
govt. authorized agency has also approved the
use of CNG cylinder (during the field trail) for
the use of enriched biogas cylinder, fitted in
the vehicle.
A Research paper entitled “Comparative evaluation of emission and fuel economy of an
automotive spark ignition vehicle fuelled with methane enriched biogas and CNG using chassis
dynamometer” has been published based on the results in the International Journal of Applied
Energy (Volume 105, May 2013, Pages 17–29).
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Government Initiatives for Promotion of Biogas
1. Implementation of National Biogas and Manure Management Program
(NBMMP) during 12th Five Year Plan
Government of India sanctions the implementation of Central Sector Scheme, the National
Biogas and Manure Management Program (NBMMP) during the 12th Five Year Plan in all the
States and Union Territories. Please go to annexure I for more detail.
2. Continuation of Biogas Power (off-grid) program during 2013-14 and the remaining period of 12th Five Year Plan
Under technology demonstration of new RDD&D Policy of MNRE during the year 2008-09, the
Ministry took up a new initiative for bottling of biogas to demonstrate an Integrated
Technology-package in entrepreneurial mode on medium size mixed feed biogas-fertilizer
plants (BGFP) for generation, purification, bottling and piped distribution of biogas. Under the
demonstration phase, the Ministry has sanctioned a Central Financial Assistance (CFA) upto
50% of the cost (excluding cost of land) for a limited number of such projects for
implementation following an entrepreneurial mode on reimbursement basis. 14nos. BGFP
projects with aggregate capacity of 23,116 cum/day have been sanctioned.
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Upcoming Events 1. National workshop- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Date-7-9 September, 2014
Venue- IIT Delhi
Contact Authority- Prof. V K Vijay
Prof. Rajendra Prasad
CRDT- IIT Delhi
Centre for rural development and technology, IIT Delhi is going to organize a National
workshop- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan.
2. Cleantech India-2014
Date- 10-12 September
Venue - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
The main focus is on the advancements in traditional, emerging technologies and clean
business practices. It will bring together the technology & solution in solar, wind, tidal,
hydro and biofuel industries. Apart from this it will be helpful in the networking with key
stakeholders in the industry along with the new business opportunities.
3. Wastetech India-2014
Date- 10-12 September
Venue - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
It will be instrumental in showcasing practical solutions and alternate systems in recycling
and solid waste management, transportation, plant containment and handling
equipment. With the support from the Central Pollution Control Board, Wastetech India
will enable in identifying the corrective measures for effective waste disposal, reutilization
and management providing solutions for the private and public sector.
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4. Conference on “Decentralized biogas digesters and their slurry management”
Date- 20 – 21November, 2014
Venue- BITS Pilani, Goa
Contact Authority -Srikanth Mutnuri Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus NH 17 B, Zuarinagar Goa, India. 403 726 Phone: 0832-2580125 Email: [email protected]
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Useful links 1. European biomethane workshop
It has been organized on 11 of March 2014, at Brussels. The main aim behind this workshop
was the Learning of how to promote the biogas production, upgrading to biomethane for
injection into the gas grid along with use in vehicles and how to overcome the impasse by
bringing the key components of the biomethane chain into a joint initiative.
Web http://european-biogas.eu/events/all-events/biomethane-workshop
2. Implementation of National Biogas and Manure Management Program (NBMMP) during 12th Five year Plan Web http://mnre.gov.in/file-manager/dec-biogas/biogasscheme.pdf
3. Continuation of Biogas power (off grid) Programme during 2013-14 and the remaining period of 12th Five Year Plan Web www.mnre.gov.in/file-manager/offgrid-biogas/biogaspower-2013-14.pdf
4. Indian GovernmentBiogas R & D Projects Web http://www.mnre.gov.in/schemes/r-d/rd-projects/
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ANNEXURE I
Allocation of physical targets for installation of family type biogas plants under National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) during the year 2014-15
Sl.
No.
State / UT / Agency Physical Targets
(General
Category)
Physical
Targets (SC
Category)
Total targets
for the year
2014-15
1 Andhra Pradesh, (NEDCAP),Hyderabad 15000 3000 18000
2 Arunachal Pradesh ,(APEDA), Itanagar 100 - 100
3. Assam (FDA –cum CCF , Social Forestry Assam) 5500 500 6000
4. Bihar - - 0
5 Chhattisgarh ,(CREDA), Raipur 3900 100 4000
6 Goa (Directorate of Agriculture) 100 - 100
7 Gujarat (GAIC Ltd.) Ahmadabad 3500 500 4000
8 Haryana, (Directorate of Agriculture) Panchkula,
HR **
1600 100 1700
9 Himachal Pradesh (Dir. of Agri. Shimla) ** 300 50 350
10 Jammu & Kashmir, JKEDA, Srinagar 100 0 100
11 Jharkhand (JHREDA Ranchi) 100 - 100
12 Karnataka, RD&PR Deptt. Bangalore ** 10000 500 10500
13 Kerala, Directorate of Agril., Thiruvanthapuram ** 2000 100 2100
14 ANERT, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 2400 100 2500
15 Madhya Pradesh, MPSAIDC, Ltd. Bhopal 9900 500 10400
16 Maharashtra (RD & WC Dept.) Mumbai ** 12800 900 13700
17 Manipur (MANIREDA) - - 0
18 Meghalaya, Shillong (MNREDA) 500 - 500
19 Mizoram (Directorate of A H & V) ** 500 - 500
20 Nagaland, Directorate of NRE, Kohima ** 500 - 500
21 Odisha (OREDA), Bhubaneswar 6600 500 7100
22 Puducherry REAP - - 0
23 Punjab (PEDA , Chandigarh) 9000 250 9250
24. Rajasthan (BDTC, CTAE Udaipur) 1000 100 1100
25 Sikkim (SREDA), Gangtok 200 - 200
26 Tamil Nadu ( Directorate of RD & PR) Chennai ** 700 100 800
27 Tripura (TREDA) ** 300 100 400
28 Uttar Pradesh, RDD Lucknow, UP ** 1500 300 1800
29 UPNEDA, UP 400 100 500
30 Uttrakhand - UREDA, Dehradun 350 50 400
31 Uttarkhand- RDD, Pauri ** 450 50 500
32 West Bengal (WBREDA) Kolkata ** NR - -
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* Including 1500 plants for NER States
** Audited Statement of accounts upto previous to previous year (2012-13) to
be submitted to the Ministry for final settlement of accounts at an early date.
33. KVIC Mumbai * 12000 800 12800
Total 1,01,300 8,700 1,10,000
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Annexure III
Capital subsidy to the promoters
Wastes/Processes/Technologies Capital Subsidy
1.Power generation from Municipal Solid Rs. 2.00 crore/MW (Max. Rs.10crore/project)
Waste
2. Power generation from biogas at Sewage Rs. 2.00 crore/MW or bio-CNG from 12000 m3 Treatment Plant or through biomethanation of biogas/day (Max. Rs. 5 crore/project)
Urban and Agricultural Waste/residues
including cattle dung or production of bio-CNG.
3. Biogas generation from Urban, Industrial Rs. 0.50 crore /MWeq. (12000 m3 biogas /day and Agricultural Wastes/residues with maximum of Rs. 5 cr./ project)
4. Power Generation from Biogas (engine / gas Rs. 1.00 crore/MW
turbine route) and production of bio-CNG for Or bio-CNG from 12000 m3 biogas filling into gas cylinders (Max. Rs.5 crore/project
5. Power Generation from Biogas, Solid Rs. 0.20 crore/MW (Max. Rs. 1 crore/project)
Industrial, Agricultural Waste/residues
excluding bagasse through Boiler + Steam
Turbine Configuration
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Annexure IV Technology Demonstration Projects on Biogas Generation, Purification and Bottling
(BGFP) under RDD&D Policy of MNRE
Sl. No. Name of the project /
organization
Year of
Sanction
Capacity of
the
plant(m3/day)
Project cost
recommended by
RDPAC (in Lakh)
Total MNRE Share
including PMS
(` in Lakhs)
1
AshokaBiogreen Pvt. Ltd.
Vill. Talwade, TahasilTrimbak,
Dist.-Nasik (Maharashtra)
2009-10 500 100.00 55.00
2
Anand Energy,
Vill.-Kalatibba, Tah.-Abohar,
Dist.- Ferozepur (Punjab)
2009-10 600 91.00 50.05
3
SASK Energy
Village-NajabtKukrian, P.O.
Lubaniawali, Tehsil & Dist. –
Muktsar (Punjab)
2010-11 1000 145.00 79.75
4
Maltose Agri Products Pvt. Ltd.,
Vill.- Huskur, Post -Aralumallige,
Tal.-Doddaballapur, Dist.-
Bangalore rural (Karnataka)
2010-11 1000 136.00 73.00
5
Shashi Energies,
Near Green Vally Public School,
Ratiya Road Tohana, Tehsil.-
Tohana, Dist.- Fatehabad
(Haryana)
2010-11 600 85.00 47.50
6
Option Energy Pvt. Ltd,
Shree Haryana Gaushala, Village
& Block- Hansi, Dist. Hissar
(Haryana)
2010-11 1000 183.43 100.88
7
Singla Bio-Energy,
Village-Siaghawali, Tehsil –
Sadulsehar, Dist. Sri
Ganganagar (Rajasthan)
2010-11 1000 145.00 79.75
8
R.G. Organics,
Plot No. 25-27,
Industrial Area Birkoni,
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh)
2009-10 1000 135.66 74.61
9 21st Century Enviro Engineers 2011-12 4216 499.00 204.6
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(P) Ltd.
Vill.- Begu, Block– Sirsa,
Dist. – Sirsa (Haryana)
10
Sanjh Deep Gas Energy,
Vill./P.O.-MehmaSarja, Tehsil-
Bhatinda, Dist. - Bhatinda
(Punjab)
2011-12 5000 650.00 265.00
11
Amit &Sumit Dairy Farm,
Vill.- Jahajgarh, Tehsil-Beri,
Dist.- Jhajjar-124201 (Haryana)
2011-12 700 94.50 52.25
12
Brahma Enterprises,
Vill.– Marripallyguda, Gram
Panchayat- Edulabad, Taluka-
Ghatkesar,
Dist. – Rangareddy (Andhra
Pradesh)
2011-12 1000 135.00 72.50
13
AshokaBiogreen Pvt. Ltd.
Vill.-Memdi, Tal.- Mhow,
Dist.-Indore (M.P.)
2011-12 4500 585.00 239.00
14
Enhanced Energy Inc.
Survey No.- 647, Vill.- Dhantej,
Tehsil-Savli, Dist. Vadodara
(Gujarat)
2011-12 1000 135.00 72.50
23116 3119.59 1466.39
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Annexure V
FORMAT FOR BASIC INFORMATION FOR PROJECTS ABOVE 8 KW BIOGAS POWER (OFFGRID)
PROGRAMME
S. No Name of the Project Biogas based power
generation
1. Name of the Beneficiary and address
2. Geographical details of the proposed site
A) Name of the village
B) Post
C) Block
D) Taluk
E) District
F) Pin code Number
G) State
H) Nearest bus stand /Railway station
I) Name of the contact person
J) Telephone /Mobile Nos of contact person
K) Telephone No. of the site
3. Name of address of the State Agency/BDTC who propose to
undertake the work
4. Category of Beneficiary / Institution
Please (√) tick
a) General
b) Private
c) Government
d) Public organization
e) Other
5. Proposed use of generated power with detailed configuration
6. Mode of use and total requirement of power kWh/day
7. Proposed size of Biogas plant in cubic meter (m3)
8. Available cattle
9. a) Details of Cattle
(Availability of dung in kg.)
b) Any other like goats, pigs, poultry etc. Please specify the
Nos& its dropping in kg.
c) Agricultural waste in kg.
d) Other degradable biomass in kg.
(please attach separate sheet along with the full details
of each raw material)
e) No. of latrine attached & No. of users
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f) Availability of land for proposed biogas plant and housing
generator etc.
10. Procurement and commissioning of ( Name of the proposed
power generating system, Mechanism for manufacturers and
operation & Maintenance of the system suppliers to be given)
11. Estimated quantum of power to be generated through biogas
plant, keeping in view the minimum 10 hours daily operation of
the proposed power plant entirely based on biogas generation
12. Proposed Electrical Load Distribution with Biogas power plant
a) Domestic (Details to be given)
b) Village industry (Details to be given)
c) Irrigation/Agriculture (Details to be given)
13. Types of engine proposed for power generation
14. Capacity of engine / micro turbines etc. in kVA
15. a) Cost of 100% biogas engine coupled with Genset,
associated Central panel and power room etc. (in Rs.)
b) Cost of internal transmission system used for
electrification (for a & b please attach separate sheet
along with full details)
Cost of proposed biogas plant (in Rs.)
17. Manure management system
18. Approximated cost of electricity that may be generated through
gas ( Rs./kWh)
19. Source of funding of the project (in Rs.)
a) Own fund
b) Bank loan
c) Central financial assistance
d) Total Cost (in Rs.)
20. Source of funds for meeting operation and maintenance cost of
the system
21. Undertaking from State Nodal Deptt.../Agencies/BDTC (An
undertaking to this effect from agency for procurement
installation, operation and maintenance of the system on
regular basis.)
22. Mechanism to transfer the power plant to user /
Panchayat/ Society/ Entrepreneur etc. by SNA/SND/BDTC after
specific period.
23. Any other information with regard to the project
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Annexure VI
BIOGAS DEVELOPEMNT & TRAINING CENTER (BDTCs)
S.No Locations Name of Institution States Covered
1. Guwahati Dr. Pinakeswar Mahanta, All North-Eastern Assistant Professor & Head, Region States
Department of Mechanical Engineering, including Sikkim Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and West Bengal North Guwahati, Guwahati- 781039
Ph: 0361-258-2651/2662 (O), Fax: 0361- 2690762 Mob:- 09435734561
E-mail: [email protected] 2.Dr. V. Guha Roy, Project Manager,
Mob.no.9678738054
E.mail_Uguharayiitg.ernet.in
2. Bangalore Dr. V. Kumar Gouda, Goa and Karnataka Biogas Development and Training Center, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK,
Bangalore- 560065 Ph: 080- 23330153/335, 080- 23640206 ®
M-9901069131 E-mail: [email protected] 2.Mr. B.K.Anand Rao
HOD.
3. Indore Prof. S.P. Singh Chhattisgarh, Director, Madhya Pradesh and
Biogas Development and Training Centre, Maharashtra Centre of Energy Studies and Research (CESR),
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Khandwa Road, Indore- 452017. Ph: 0731- 2460309, Fax: 0731- 2467378/2462366
® 0731- 2446803 Mob: 09424009418
Email: [email protected] 2.Rajender Singh Pawar (STA)
4. Ludhiana Dr. Sarabjit Singh Sooch, (PI) Punjab, Himachal Research Engg & Incharge BDTC Pradesh, Uttrakhand Dept. of Civil Engg. and Jammu &
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana141004, Kashmir Punjab Ph: 9872084513 (M), 09501034513 (M), 0161-
30
2401655(F) [email protected]
Dr. N.K. Khullar
Director,
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Biogas Development and Training Centre,
Dept. of civil Engg. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Punajb.
Ph: 0161- 2401960 Extn- 259, Mob: 9417932952
5. Udaipur Dr. Deepak Sharma Gujarat, Rajasthan Head, Deptt. of Renewable Energy Engineering and Daman & Diu Coordinator,
Biogas Development and Training Centre, College of Technology & Agricultural Engineering, Maharana
Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur-313001 (Rajasthan)
Ph: 0294-2471068 (O), 0294-2414021(R) Mob.: 9414160221 Email: [email protected]
Web.: www.ctae.ac.in
6. Coimbator Prof. (Dr.) S. Kamaraj094439-34139 Tamil Nadu,
e, Tamil Coordinator, Pondicherry, Kerala, Nadu Biogas Development and Training Centre, Andaman & Nicobar Agricultural Engineering and Research Institute, and Lakshadweep Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-
641003. Ph: 0422- 6611526, 527, 545 Fax: 0422- 6611454
Email., [email protected] , [email protected]
Mob.: 9442961793
7. Delhi Prof. V.K. Vijay Haryana, Uttar Programme Coordinator, Pradesh and NCR Biogas Development and Training Centre, Delhi
Center for Rural Development & Technology (CRDT), IIT Hauz Khas, New Delhi-
110016 M- 9871366611
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Ph: 011- 26596351, 26596311, Fax: 011-
26591121, 26596351 Email: [email protected]
8. Odisha Dr. Snehasish Mishra, Andhra Pradesh, Associate Professor (PI-BDTC), School of Odisha, Bihar and Biotechnology, Jharkhand
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KiiT),
Bhubaneswar 751024. Odisha, Email: [email protected], [email protected] Mob.: 9437110305, 9438669414
Fax No. 0674-2725732