ENERGY USED TO EXTRACT & PROCESS THE RAW MATERIALS.
ENERGY USED TRANSPORTING MATERIALS & COMPONENTS TO SITE.
ENERGY USED DURING BUILDING.
ENERGY FROM WASTE THE AMOUNT OF WASTE PRODUCED BY OUR UNIVERSITY IS AROUND 6 TONS PER MONTH. THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF WASTES, OUR UNIVERSITY MAINLY DISPOSES ORGANIC WASTE, PLASTIC WASTES AND PAPER WASTES.
ORGANIC WASTE PAPER AND PLASTIC
WASTES PROCEDURE TO PRODUCE ENERGY
ENERGY USED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION IS MAINLY ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
ELECTRICITY CAN BE PRODUCED FROM WASTE BY USING FOUR DIFFERENT METHODS. BUT THE MOST PRESCRIBED METHOD IS GASIFICATION NIMAJOR AMOUNT OF WASTE IS ORGANIC WASTE. GASIFICATION
GASIFICATIONIS A PROCESS THAT
CONVERTSORGANICBASEDCARBONACEOUSMATERIALS INTOCARBON MONOXIDE,HYDROGENANDCARBON DIOXIDE. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY REACTING THE MATERIAL AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (>700C), WITHOUT COMBUSTION, WITH A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OFOXYGEN AND/ORSTEAM. THE RESULTING GAS MIXTURE IS CALLEDSYNGAS(FROM SYNTHESIS GAS) ORPRODUCER GASAND IS ITSELF A FUEL. THE POWER DERIVED FROM GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION OF THE RESULTANT GAS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A SOURCE OFRENEWABLE ENERGY. THIS PROCESS ALMOST PRODUCES 3MW OF ELECTRICITY PER YEAR BY TAKING WASTE FROM OUR UNIVERSITY. THIS CAN BE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STUCTURES AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTIONS. IT ALSO REDUCES THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION THAT IS CAUSED DUE TO WASTE AND GIVES US ENERGY AS A BONUS. GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES
THE MINISTRY IS PROMOTING ALL THE TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR
SETTING UP PROJECTS FOR RECOVERY OF ENERGY FROM URBAN WASTES. THE INCREASING INDUSTRIALIZATION, URBANIZATIONGIVE RISE TO GENERATION OF INCREASING QUANTITIES OF WASTES LEADING TO INCREASED THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED THAT NOT ONLY HELP IN GENERATING SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF DECENTRALIZED ENERGY BUT ALSO IN REDUCING THE QUANTITY OF WASTE FOR ITS SAFE DISPOSAL. MNRE HAS SANCTIONED ABOUT 54 PROJECTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT FROM 2014- 16 AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SANCTION MORE PROJECTS. CONCLUSION
WASTE MANAGEMENT GIVES NOT ONLY ENERGY BUT ALSO
REDUCES THE IMPACT OF WASTE ON ENVIRONMENT. IT HELPS IN THE COMPLETE DISPOSAL OF WASTES. ENERGY FROM THIS PROCESS CAN ALSO BE USED IN VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES. THANK YOU