Start
Mar 02, 2016 - 17:00
End
Mar 02, 2016 - 18:00
Venue
Room 118 Department of Chemical Engineering
Event Type
Speaker
Dr. Sachin Jadhao
Title
Thermodynamic Assessment of Resource Destruction and Use in India from 1970 to 2010: Insights from Exergy Analysis
Abstract: Part-I: Shrinking reserves of fossil fuel decreasing quality of minerals and increasingly stringent climate policies have led to the complication of energy mix which can sustain the economic growth of the society with minimum adverse effect on the environment. Thermodynamic analysis has been used for enhancing the resource use and reducing environmental impact for many national economies. From the national metabolism studies it has been observed that the economic progress of society can be well defined on the basis of the exergy of resource consumed and its conversion to useful work. Aim of this work is to give an understanding of the metabolism of India over the last four decades (from 1970 to 2010) as it evolved from a controlled to more open free market economy and its implication for sustainable development. Trends of resource consumption and its conversion into useful work are analyzed using exergy analysis and the results are compared with those of other developing and developed economies. Part-II: This work also compares the waste management practices of incineration plasma gasification and land filling based on their exergy loss and efficiency and emissions. The focus of this study is on evaluating the exergetic efficiency of these technologies in the Indian context.