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Chennai startup develops microbial fuel cell technology
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SME Times News Bureau | 21 Jan, 2019
JSP Enviro, a city-based startup, is in talks with a garment dyeing unit
in Tirupur to set up a prototype microbial fuel cell technology waste
water treatment plant that would generate power, said top company
officials.
The startup was founded by an alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M).
"We
are in talks with a dyeing and printing unit in Tirupur to set up a
prototype microbial fuel cell waste water treatment plant. Once the
results are satisfactory a bigger plant will be installed,"
Priyadharshini Mani, a co-founder, told IANS.
"Overseas, this technology is used by dairy, liquor and other industries," she added.
Mani said the quantum of power generation is one kilowatt per one square metre.
"Conventional
waste water treatment plants are very energy intensive. But microbial
fuel cell technology waste water treatment will be energy positive,"
V.T. Fidal Kumar, co-founder and an IIT-M alumni, told IANS.
He
said the power generated will run the waste water treatment system and
the excess power could be captured through a capacitor and stored.
The
company is in the process of joining the IIT-M Bioincubator to augment
research and development (R&D) for its product and a demonstration
model is expected to be launched in early 2020.
According to the
officials, the typical payback time is five years in the form of energy
savings, reduction in excess sludge quantity, tax and carbon credits.
The system is suitable for small installations with organic load as low as 100 kg Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)/day.
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