Water and environment management solutions provider Ion Exchange (India) Ltd commissioned a waste-to-energy project in Hyderabad that integrates technology to combine solid organic waste and waste water to generate power, purified water and fertilizer.
The company intends to use the facility, established at Akshaya Patra’s community kitchen on the city outskirts, as a demonstration project for prospective customers.
Stating that it was the country’s first such waste-to-energy system, Ion Exchange (India) president Ajay Popat said it was based on the ANDICOS (anaerobic digestion by combining waste stream) design. While projects based on ANDICOS had been deployed for the industrial consumers, it was being used for the first time for community segment, he told presspersons here on Thursday.
Organic fertilizer
The project, established by the company at Akshaya Patra, has a capacity to treat around 1,000 kg of organic kitchen waste and 2-6 cubic metre of sewage sludge on a daily basis. It will generate about 20KW/H of electrical power along with 1.35 tonnes of organic fertilizer per day.
Noting that the company had set up the plant with ₹7 crore, Mr. Popat said the company would be showcasing the facility to prospective customers in the government. Among the agencies that were either working or evaluating the prospects of engaging with Ion Exchange include the municipal corporation of Mumbai, Delhi Jal Board as well as the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) on behalf of the Telangana government.
