Food will not go waste anymore. Nisargruna biogas plant will soon be set up by The National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NIT-T). NIT will work in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai. This biogas plant will be set up in one of the hostel cafeterias at the institute. So how does it work? The moisture content of the leftover food from restaurants, canteens and industrial kitchens, is enough to allow fermentation. Fermentation produces biogas which is a valuable energy. The kitchen waste is mechanically processed and moistened which creates suspension and subsequently undergoes a fermentation process. The biogas that will be produced will be supplied to hostels for cooking. Apart from this, the project also aims at reaching out to villages and towns and demonstrate benefits of biogas.
Under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan scheme, NIT-T will provide facilities in five villages. G Kannabiran, the director in charge of NIT-T told The Times of India said that the project will be funded by BARC while NIT-T will manage and provide resources like space and skilled manpower for five years. NIT-T will be promoting technologies developed by BARC and the collaboration between the two institutions is based on three levels : academic, research and outreach.
NIT-T is the first institution to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with DAE Technologies Display and Dissemination Facility( DTDDF) centre at NIT-T. The DTDDF project will be involved in the demonstration and installation of various technologies in the villages. Nisargruna biogas plant , Soil Organic Carbon Detection Kit (SOCDK) ,Domestic Water Purifier(DWP), and Foldable Solar Dryer (FSD), are all developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
The implementation of Nisargruna biogas plant will not only conserve energy for future generations but will also not let the food get wasted. Truly a commendable initiative by the NIT-T.
Food will not go waste anymore. Nisargruna biogas plant will soon be set up by The National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NIT-T). NIT will work in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai. This biogas plant will be set up in one of the hostel cafeterias at the institute. So how does it work? The moisture content of the leftover food from restaurants, canteens and industrial kitchens, is enough to allow fermentation. Fermentation produces biogas which is a valuable energy. The kitchen waste is mechanically processed and moistened which creates suspension and subsequently undergoes a fermentation process. The biogas that will be produced will be supplied to hostels for cooking. Apart from this, the project also aims at reaching out to villages and towns and demonstrate benefits of biogas.
