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Food Waste to Biogas Plant

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The Biogas Plant at UWC Mahindra College converts 200 kg of food waste into 15 cubic meters of biogas (methane) used for cooking food in our Cafeteria. 

a fixed dome bio-methanation digester is fed daily with crushed food waste from our Cafeteria. Hydrogen sulphide gas is scrubbed out using a cylinder filled with iron filings. Biogas is used for continuous heating processes such as boiling rice, potatoes, and making chai. Annually, about 3 tons of biogas is produced, which substitutes about 1 ton of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and saves about 3 tons worth of CO2e. 

 

UWC Mahindra College Biogas plant – Biogas being used in MUWCI cafeteria

Picture: Ashwin Paranjpe 

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Ashwin Paranjpe
aparanjpe@muwci.net
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