Integrated Energy Production, Waste Treatment in Ghazipur catchment, East Delhi by shailesh-singh

Hello Shailesh-singh, This is a very detailed proposal with a lot of research and feasibility conducted. There is no mention of training for the operators during technology transfer for this will also have some cost implications. I wish you the best. Arese

Hi Shailesh, Your proposal seems doable, i wish all the best in this contest. Tengeya.

Dear Shailesh-singh, Go for it. I've noticed the necessary scale for using biogas (compression for transportation, cleaning for injection into utility pipes, electricity generation) has been dropping with improved technology.

Dear Shailesh, You may want to check out hydrothermal processes (http://www.gastechnology.org/tcbiomass2013/tcb2013/09-Elliott-tcbiomass2013-presentation-Thur.pdf) as a substitute for anaerobic digestion. The hydrothermal process converts wet biomass and plastics to oil and gas. You'll need a larger collection area for more economy of scale due to the higher capital cost of the equipment. However, it would allow you to give every home in a slum or refugee camp their own toilet with a supply of plastic bags. People would "go" in the bags and then give the bags to a push-cart operator. All very private and sanitary with no touching or spreading of human wastes. At sufficiently large scale (enough biomass) the income from the oil and gas production might completely offset the cost of all biomass and plastics collection and treatment.

Dear Shailesh, You might want to consider using geosynthetics for less expensive digesters. Many U.S. dairy digesters are simple earth berms with a liner and lid. Some are so large they haven't needed to remove the settled solids (which keep decomposing) in a decade. It should be possible to integrate your BIMA mixing technology into these large digesters. You might use a construction like the SolarBee mixing system: http://wastewater.medoraco.com/ where the top components are floating. If you are set on steel or concrete walled tanks, consider a bolted steel tank with a geosynthetic liner and perhaps a gas storage dome like: http://www.claroglobal.com/en/p2-06.html. When your digesters are relatively large and inexpensive, you could adjust your business model. For example, install several digesters close to the biomass sources (so close the farm or market input the biomass direct, without extra handling). Include sufficient biogas storage that the other equipment is mounted on trailers and shuffles from site to site. The biogas is easily conveyed in buried welded HDPE pipe. That is move the high-value, low volume items. Don't move the low-value, high-volume biomass.

Could you consider requesting your future clients to store throughout the year the seeds of fruits they eat at home and spread those seeds after commencement of Mansoon on to vacant land in & around the city as an activity that would help improve green cover! Rather than wasting the fruit seeds by letting decay, this would help grow fruit-bearing trees as well.

Hi Shailesh and your friends, kindly consider voting for my proposal shown on this link. https://www.climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/1300206/planId/1002 Thanks.