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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: bigfin.india@gmail.com

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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: srikanth@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

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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: pinak@iitg.ernet.in 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: vkgouda@rediffmail.com 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: spsanjali@yahoo.co.in 2.Rajender Singh Pawar (STA)

rspawar18@gmail.com

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-

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2401655(F) sssooch@rediffmail.com

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: deepshar@rediffmail.com

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., bioenergy@tnau.ac.in , kamarajs@hotmail.com

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: vkvijay@rdat.iitd.ernet.in

bdtciitd@gmail.com

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: smishra@kiitbiotech.ac.in, snehasish.mishra@gmail.com Mob.: 9437110305, 9438669414

Fax No. 0674-2725732