GIAN course on "Energy from Waste: Sustainable Approaches"

Dec 10, 2018 - 00:00

Dec 15, 2018 - 00:00

Van Vihar Guest House IIT Bombay Powai

Workshop

Prof. Babu Joseph University of South Florida; Prof. S. Seethamraju IIT Bombay Prof. Yogendra Shastri IIT Bombay

 Due to the increasing population in urban centers and increasing prosperity of the generalpopulation Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation has been growing at an exponential rate leading to almost crisis like situations in major cities and municipalities across the nation. At the same time the per capita energy consumption also has been increasing requiring larger imports of petroleum and natural gas. Concern about global warming has also increased the interest in the production of renewable energy.  At present there is great interest in setting up waste to energy plants that addresses two key major issues facing society: waste disposal and renewable energy production. The overall objective of this course is to provide students teachers and professionals with an understanding of various approaches to recovering energy from waste material such as MSW agricultural waste animal husbandry waste forest residues and industrial waste. This course is aimed at providing a sound theoretical and practical base of knowledge and tools for interested students teachers and professionals in the field of waste management and energy production. Starting with an overview of waste management and the nature of waste produced this course will introduce the participant to various technological alternatives that are currently being practiced and those under development for deployment in the near future.These include: (i) production of biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD)  of biomass with subsequent conversion to heat and power using turbines and internal combustion engines (ii) combustion of MSW to produce heat and power (iii) AD of food and animal waste to produce cooking gas in small rural communities (iv) generation of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from MSW (v) production of gaseous and liquid fuels via gasification followed by liquefaction and ( vi) production of liquid fuels from waste plastics by pyrolysis. An important aspect of this course will be the coverage of sustainability issues associated with these waste to energy solutions.   https://portal.iitb.ac.in/ceqipapp/courseDetails.jsp?c_id=1061