Hyderabad Vegetable and Fruit Market Converts Tonnes of Waste into Biogas

A local vegetable and fruit market- Bowenpally is setting an example by utilizing almost 10 tonnes of daily waste to produce biogas and electricity. The market is converting 10 tonnes of waste daily for over 6 months for electricity and biogas production. 

Lokini Srinivas- Selection Grade Secretary of Bowenpally market says that about 500 units of electricity have been generated using about 10 tonnes of daily waste which powers about 120 street lights, 170 shops and a cold storage as well. Besides, the waste also results in about 30 kgs of biogas production which is used in a market canteen. The canteen would use LPG gas earlier which has been replaced with the biogas produced from this waste. Srinivas also explained that the market’s daily electricity consumption is between 800 to 900 units and the electricity produced from waste easily fulfills 80 percent of the total power supply needed by the market. 

There is a dedicated 30m x40 m of space in Bowenpally market and the space was well-utilized by a local engineering service provider company to set up the CBG plant. The plant is not just producing electricity, but also organic manure that is very useful in farming. Based on the same technology, a smaller capacity plant of 250 kgs was set up at a poultry farm in Hyderabad which would convert waste into energy. The model became an inspiration and led to the inception of the bigger capacity biogas plant that converts 10 tonnes of waste into biogas every day. The success can be well attributed to Dr. Gangagni who saw a lot of potential in the move and thought of re-engineering the method for higher efficiency. 

The Department of Biotechnology also offered capital investment to set up this CBG plant. Necessary civil work was also needed and that bit was taken care of by The Department of Agriculture Marketing. 

A dedicated team collects the waste from the entire Hyderabad market and the waste goes through the bio-methanation process. After the waste is shredded, it is soaked in a feed preparation tank to produce slurry. Now anaerobic bio-methanation process begins. After this the biogas is collected and later on sent to the kitchen for cooking purposes. 

Ever since the plant was installed it has treated over 1400 tonnes of market & vegetable waste. It has produced about 34,000 m3 of biogas which has been converted into 32,000 units of electricity. That’s not it! It has also helped replace more than 600 kgs of LPG and produced 700 kilo-liters of bio manure.

If the same Biogas was converted into Bio-CNG also known as Biomethane by the process of Biogas Purification/Upgradation then it could be transported long distances for use in remote locations and it could also be used in CNG vehicles as fuel. Biogas Purification is the future of Biogas and it should be encouraged to open up the complete potential of biogas.

The plant was visited and appreciated by Telengana Governer earlier this year and it also found a mention in PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat aired on January 31st, 2021. 

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