At IITF on 24 nov 2004. Details are at
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Chandigarh, Aug 30: The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), set-up by the Government of India, today highlighted the importance of conservation of energy and the ways and the means by which it can be conserved.
Director, PCRA (New Delhi), Leena Mehendale was addressing a press meet today. She said PCRA was into formulating the strategies and measures to promote economical use of petroleum products. It also aims at highlighting the need for environment protection, and energy security for sustainable development. It is estimated that of the total imports into India, 40 per cent comprises of petroleum products. These products are imported at very high prices and thus arises the need for their economical use said she.
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Mehendale added that various camps are being regularly conducted for making the public aware of the importance of proper use of the petroleum products. People are also told about the ways and means by which they can save petrol as well as other products.
Citing an example, Mehendale said Godhav Rolling Mills in Mandi Gobindgarh, is conducting experiments to prevent the wastage of energy and to achieve the maximum energy level, which in turn has helped them in cutting down their over-all working costs.
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HOME & AROUND
Seminar stresses on judicious use of petro products
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Chandigarh, Aug 30: The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), set-up by the Government of India, today highlighted the importance of conservation of energy and the ways and the means by which it can be conserved.
Director, PCRA (New Delhi), Leena Mehendale was addressing a press meet today. She said PCRA was into formulating the strategies and measures to promote economical use of petroleum products. It also aims at highlighting the need for environment protection, and energy security for sustainable development. It is estimated that of the total imports into India, 40 per cent comprises of petroleum products. These products are imported at very high prices and thus arises the need for their economical use said she.
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Mehendale added that various camps are being regularly conducted for making the public aware of the importance of proper use of the petroleum products. People are also told about the ways and means by which they can save petrol as well as other products.
Citing an example, Mehendale said Godhav Rolling Mills in Mandi Gobindgarh, is conducting experiments to prevent the wastage of energy and to achieve the maximum energy level, which in turn has helped them in cutting down their over-all working costs.
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Petrol-Alcohol-Water Microemulsion Fuel
Development of Petrol-Alcohol-Water Micro-emulsion Fuel as a Substitute for Petrol and Ethanol-Blended Petrol
Manish Arora, Rajat Arora, Sandeep Mourya, Amit A. Gaikwad, K. G. Singh, Lalit Paliwal, R. K. Meena, Leena Mehendale, and Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
In response to adverse environmental impacts from mass consumption of fossil petroleum fuels as well as international crude oil reserves being finite, most countries are attempting to find answers to meeting future demand for fuel for transport. Internationally, there is a growing acceptance that renewable ethanol fuel produced from biomass, with its associated environmental benefits, will be the transport fuel of choice for the future. Ethanol/ petroleum fuel blends directly address vehicle emissions and transport fuel security of supply issues. In addition to reducing currently regulated vehicle emissions, the renewable ethanol content of these fuels can result in a net reduction in the emission of unburnt hydrocarbons and particulate matter. Use of ethanol/ petroleum fuel blends initially in the existing vehicle fleet is essential to develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to support wide-scale production and use of ethanol fuel.
Petrol-alcohol-water based micro-emulsion fuel represents a new and potentially cost-effective option. Micro-emulsions are optically isotropic, transparent oil and water dispersions which are thermodynamically stable. Micro-emulsions have received considerable attention in recent years because of their interesting thermodynamic and physico-chemical behavior, and diverse applications. A lot of work has been done in areas like micro-emulsion gels and preparation of vitamin E emulsions. But preparation, characterization, and testing of micro-emulsion fuels, comprising of petrol and water, and especially of ethanol-blended petrol and water, remain virtually unexplored.
The petrol-alcohol-water based micro-emulsion fuel was prepared by stirring a blend of petrol, surfactant, co-surfactant, and water in definite proportions and it was produced under certain carefully defined conditions. To prepare a stable micro-emulsion fuel, a specific type of surfactant is required to be added in optimum quantity along with a co-surfactant, which in our case was ethanol (both anhydrous, and hydrous ethanol, i.e. ethanol obtained from sugar mills).
Experiments have been conducted to determine the minimum percentage of anhydrous ethanol that was needed to be added to the mixture of petrol and water, starting with fixed initial compositions of petrol (ranging from about 79%-99.5%)-and-water (ranging from about 0.5%-21%) mixtures. A fixed quantity of surfactant was added to this immiscible petrol-water mixture followed by a continuous addition of the co-surfactant (anhydrous ethanol) until a crystal clear mixture was obtained, i.e. a micro-emulsion (transparent and clear to the naked eye). Other sets of experiments were carried out by starting with fixed quantities of ethanol, surfactant, and petrol, followed by a continuous addition of the water to this mixture until it just about became turbid. A ternary phase diagram was plotted using these data. The diagram had ethanol and surfactant on one axis, water on another, and petrol on the third axis. A number of experiments were carried out to confirm the stability of all the compositions between the defined boundaries (which correspond to the stable micro-emulsion composition zone) by selecting some random compositions in between. Thus, the boundary compositions of petrol, ethanol, surfactant, water and the interior regions of composition were verified for the formation and stability of micro-emulsions.
Similar experiments were also carried out using ethanol obtained from sugar mills (hydrous ethanol) instead of anhydrous ethanol. In this case, fixed quantity of petrol, and surfactant was mixed in a 250 ml (air tight) sample bottle (Borosil). The resulting mixture was obviously turbid (unstable, two-phase region). Ethanol obtained from sugar mills (with different purities) was then added drop by drop with constant stirring, using a magnetic stirrer. The addition was continued till a clear transparent mixture was obtained indicating micro-emulsion formation. The procedure was repeated for different compositions of petrol, and surfactant.
Each micro-emulsion sample was kept separately in an airtight Borosil glass bottle and it was checked on everyday basis for any instability that could creep-in due to weather changes. Some of the samples were even kept in different environmental conditions to check for their stability. Use was made of an incubator to realize temperatures ranging from 0 oC to 40 oC. The micro-emulsions, which were stable on a particular day, did not necessarily imply that they would be stable afterwards. Some of them did become unstable (turbid) after some time, usually within days. The observed instability of micro-emulsions might have been due to the loss of co-surfactant (ethanol) by evaporation. Although the samples were kept in tightly closed sample bottles, the possibility of evaporation of the co-surfactant was still there. Another cause of instability of the micro-emulsion samples, occurring after some time, might be the change in the ambient temperature. In case a micro-emulsion sample turned unstable, it was stabilized using anhydrous ethanol and the composition of that particular micro-emulsion updated accordingly.
The results suggested that the formation of stable micro-emulsion started only at around 55 %v/v of ethanol. At high vol% of petrol (or low vol% of ethanol), a stable micro-emulsion was not obtained. The surfactant was quite effective in obtaining a stable micro-emulsion at a low volume percentage of about 0.29 – 0.33%. Using these experiments, we were successful in mapping the stable micro-emulsion zone on the ternary phase diagram for different compositions of petrol, anhydrous/hydrous ethanol, surfactant, and water.
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Manish Arora, Rajat Arora, Sandeep Mourya, Amit A. Gaikwad, K. G. Singh, Lalit Paliwal, R. K. Meena, Leena Mehendale, and Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
In response to adverse environmental impacts from mass consumption of fossil petroleum fuels as well as international crude oil reserves being finite, most countries are attempting to find answers to meeting future demand for fuel for transport. Internationally, there is a growing acceptance that renewable ethanol fuel produced from biomass, with its associated environmental benefits, will be the transport fuel of choice for the future. Ethanol/ petroleum fuel blends directly address vehicle emissions and transport fuel security of supply issues. In addition to reducing currently regulated vehicle emissions, the renewable ethanol content of these fuels can result in a net reduction in the emission of unburnt hydrocarbons and particulate matter. Use of ethanol/ petroleum fuel blends initially in the existing vehicle fleet is essential to develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to support wide-scale production and use of ethanol fuel.
Petrol-alcohol-water based micro-emulsion fuel represents a new and potentially cost-effective option. Micro-emulsions are optically isotropic, transparent oil and water dispersions which are thermodynamically stable. Micro-emulsions have received considerable attention in recent years because of their interesting thermodynamic and physico-chemical behavior, and diverse applications. A lot of work has been done in areas like micro-emulsion gels and preparation of vitamin E emulsions. But preparation, characterization, and testing of micro-emulsion fuels, comprising of petrol and water, and especially of ethanol-blended petrol and water, remain virtually unexplored.
The petrol-alcohol-water based micro-emulsion fuel was prepared by stirring a blend of petrol, surfactant, co-surfactant, and water in definite proportions and it was produced under certain carefully defined conditions. To prepare a stable micro-emulsion fuel, a specific type of surfactant is required to be added in optimum quantity along with a co-surfactant, which in our case was ethanol (both anhydrous, and hydrous ethanol, i.e. ethanol obtained from sugar mills).
Experiments have been conducted to determine the minimum percentage of anhydrous ethanol that was needed to be added to the mixture of petrol and water, starting with fixed initial compositions of petrol (ranging from about 79%-99.5%)-and-water (ranging from about 0.5%-21%) mixtures. A fixed quantity of surfactant was added to this immiscible petrol-water mixture followed by a continuous addition of the co-surfactant (anhydrous ethanol) until a crystal clear mixture was obtained, i.e. a micro-emulsion (transparent and clear to the naked eye). Other sets of experiments were carried out by starting with fixed quantities of ethanol, surfactant, and petrol, followed by a continuous addition of the water to this mixture until it just about became turbid. A ternary phase diagram was plotted using these data. The diagram had ethanol and surfactant on one axis, water on another, and petrol on the third axis. A number of experiments were carried out to confirm the stability of all the compositions between the defined boundaries (which correspond to the stable micro-emulsion composition zone) by selecting some random compositions in between. Thus, the boundary compositions of petrol, ethanol, surfactant, water and the interior regions of composition were verified for the formation and stability of micro-emulsions.
Similar experiments were also carried out using ethanol obtained from sugar mills (hydrous ethanol) instead of anhydrous ethanol. In this case, fixed quantity of petrol, and surfactant was mixed in a 250 ml (air tight) sample bottle (Borosil). The resulting mixture was obviously turbid (unstable, two-phase region). Ethanol obtained from sugar mills (with different purities) was then added drop by drop with constant stirring, using a magnetic stirrer. The addition was continued till a clear transparent mixture was obtained indicating micro-emulsion formation. The procedure was repeated for different compositions of petrol, and surfactant.
Each micro-emulsion sample was kept separately in an airtight Borosil glass bottle and it was checked on everyday basis for any instability that could creep-in due to weather changes. Some of the samples were even kept in different environmental conditions to check for their stability. Use was made of an incubator to realize temperatures ranging from 0 oC to 40 oC. The micro-emulsions, which were stable on a particular day, did not necessarily imply that they would be stable afterwards. Some of them did become unstable (turbid) after some time, usually within days. The observed instability of micro-emulsions might have been due to the loss of co-surfactant (ethanol) by evaporation. Although the samples were kept in tightly closed sample bottles, the possibility of evaporation of the co-surfactant was still there. Another cause of instability of the micro-emulsion samples, occurring after some time, might be the change in the ambient temperature. In case a micro-emulsion sample turned unstable, it was stabilized using anhydrous ethanol and the composition of that particular micro-emulsion updated accordingly.
The results suggested that the formation of stable micro-emulsion started only at around 55 %v/v of ethanol. At high vol% of petrol (or low vol% of ethanol), a stable micro-emulsion was not obtained. The surfactant was quite effective in obtaining a stable micro-emulsion at a low volume percentage of about 0.29 – 0.33%. Using these experiments, we were successful in mapping the stable micro-emulsion zone on the ternary phase diagram for different compositions of petrol, anhydrous/hydrous ethanol, surfactant, and water.
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FICCI Seminor on BioDiesel and Jatropha Plantation
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Western Regional Council, FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries ¡V Western Regional Council (FICCI-WRC), is organizing a two day conference on "Green-fuel". An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel on 29th and 30th of September¡2005 at Hotel Intercontinental, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India.
As you are aware that rapidly increasing fuel consumption and consequent depletion of fossil reserves clearly shows that the end of the Fossil Fuel Age is not very far. Besides, such fuels are the chief contributors to urban air pollution and a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) - considered to be the main causes behind the climate change phenomena. India has a great potential for production of bio-fuels like bio-ethanol and bio-diesel from non-edible oil seeds.
The enormous potential of bio-fuel is yet to be realized in India. Our aim at FICCI-WRC, in organizing a Conference-¡§Green-fuel¡¨¡V An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel ¡V¡¦05 is to bring together technological experts, policy makers, regulatory officials, industry leaders, growers/farmers, distillers associations, sugar manufacturers association, oil companies, traders, automobile association, entrepreneurs, promotional and marketing agencies and financial institutions to:-
Tap the high potential of producing bio-fuel from India¡¦s waste
agricultural produce
Enhance energy security owing to reduced dependence on oil imports
Develop proper technology/ strategies to reduce vehicular pollution for better environment
Utilize the waste natural resources for healthier tomorrow
Increase employment and derive significant improvement of the rural economy.
We have invited Hon¡¦ble Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Sharad Pawar as chief guest and Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Hon¡¦ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra to be our guest of Honour. Eminent speakers from different fields who have been invited to address the conference include:-
Mr. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of Maharashtra,
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation,
Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO representative (India),
Dr. Craig Bryson from Australia,
Dr. Reinhard K. Henning from Germany amongst others.
I request you to attend the conference alongwith your colleagues. Pls. find attached prog. details. Please do confirm your participation through the attached registration form. In order to defray cost, a nominal delegate fee of Rs. 3,000/- is being charged.
On 29 - 30 September¡¦05
Venue: Hotel Intercontinental, Mumbai, India
Tentative Conference Programme
Chief Guest : Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture
Shri Sharad Pawar
Day One: 29th September 2005
09:00-- 09:30 Registration
09:30 -- 10:30 Inaugural Session
Welcome address : Mr. Sushil Kr. Jiwarajka, Chairman FICCI-WRC
Programme overview : Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
Key Note Address : Dr. M.S.Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation, Chennai
Special Address : Shri. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of M.S.
Inaugural Address : Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture
Vote of Thanks : Mr. P.M. Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural
Development committee
10:30 --- 10:45 Tea Break
10:45 -- 12:45 Session I: Opportunities in India
Session Chair: Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO Representative, India-Nepal
+++ Can India meet the challenge of Green-fuel?
Dr. Craig Bryson, Australia
+++ Green-fuel: Enhanced Employment opportunities
Mr. Anil Harlalka, Project Head, Noble Explochem, Nagpur
+++ Green-fuel Advantages and Opportunities : A Future Roadmap
Mr. C.S.Bhaskar, MD, Naturol Fuels Ltd., Hyderabad
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
12:45 --- 13:45 Lunch
13:45 --- 15:45 Session II: Wasteland development
Session Chair- Dr. Ramakrishnan, Director(R&D), Reliance Life Sciences
+++ Green-fuel plantation for wasteland development
Mr. K Singh, MD, MP Agro Industries Corporation
+++ Promoting Farming For Future Fuel-
Mr. Roshan, SRIPHL, Churu, Rajasthan
+++ High Yielding Green-Fuel of the Future-Role of Biotech
Dr. S. Shetty, MD, Labland Biotech, Mysore
+++ Utilisation of wasteland for energy supply
Dr. R.K. Malhotra, GM(R&D), IOC
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
15:45 -- 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 -- 18:00 Session III: Diverse sources of Green-fuel
Session Chair- Mrs. Leena Mehendale, Executive Director, PCRA, New-Delhi
+++ Various sources and their maximum utilization
Mr. Pramod Chaudhuri, Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd., Pune
+++ Green-fuel: Alternate and cost effective mechanism
Mr. Amitava Banerjee, DGM (Tech), Lurgi India, New Delhi
+++ Sweet sorghum: A potential alternative source of Green-fuels
Dr. V. Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
+++ Green-fuel: The Vegetable oil route
Mr. S. Chaturvedi, Director, GOCL, Gujarat
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
Day Two: 30th September 2005
10:00 -- 11:30 Session I: Consultancy, marketing of Biofuel
Session Chair ¡VDr. R Mandal, Advisor, Planning commission, GOI, New-Delhi
+++ Green-fuel Consultancy: A direction in poverty alleviation
Dr. Reinhard K.Henning, Germany
+++ Green-fuel : A sustainable continuous economic development
Dr. G Best, FAO
+++ Green-Fuel: A Brazilian perspective ¡V
Dr. A. Kadakia, Managing Director, Hon. Consul of Brazil
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
11:30 --- 11:45 Tea Break
11:45--- 13:30 Session II:
Policy, Pricing and Carbon Credit
Session Chairman- Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
+++ Green-fuel: Environmental Impact
Dr. T S Panwar, TERI, New Delhi
+++ Green-fuel :Technical Issues and Policies
Dr. Renu Swarup, Director, DBT
+++ Green-fuel : Technical valuation of carbon credit (CER)
Ms. Chithra Srinivasan, Earnst and Young
+++ Green-fuel : Possible upside from carbon credit- SRF
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
13:30 -- 14:30 Lunch
14:30 --- 16:30 Session III: Farm Credit, Investment requirements
Session Chairperson- Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, Chairperson, NABARD
+++ Economic opportunities in Green-fuel energy
Mr. Ramesh Kumar, CGM, SBI
+++ Business potential in green-fuel energy production
Mr. Alagarswamy, Dr. MGR Foundation, Chennai
+++ Green-fuel: The needs for awareness and incentives
Kalyan Chakravarthy, Yes Bank
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
16:30 - 16:45 Tea
16:45 - 17:30 Valedictory Session
Welcome address ---
--Mr. P.M.Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural Development
committee Proceeding presentation by --
Mr. J.S.Saharia, Principal Secretary (Agri and Hort.), Govt of Maharashtra
Valedictory Address by--
Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Vote of Thanks by--
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jiwarajka, Chairman, FICCI-WRC
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From Satish Lele"
Subject:FICCI Seminor on BioDiesel and Jatropha Plantation
To:madhu_sawant2000@...
Western Regional Council, FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries ¡V Western Regional Council (FICCI-WRC), is organizing a two day conference on "Green-fuel". An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel on 29th and 30th of September¡2005 at Hotel Intercontinental, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India.
As you are aware that rapidly increasing fuel consumption and consequent depletion of fossil reserves clearly shows that the end of the Fossil Fuel Age is not very far. Besides, such fuels are the chief contributors to urban air pollution and a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) - considered to be the main causes behind the climate change phenomena. India has a great potential for production of bio-fuels like bio-ethanol and bio-diesel from non-edible oil seeds.
The enormous potential of bio-fuel is yet to be realized in India. Our aim at FICCI-WRC, in organizing a Conference-¡§Green-fuel¡¨¡V An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel ¡V¡¦05 is to bring together technological experts, policy makers, regulatory officials, industry leaders, growers/farmers, distillers associations, sugar manufacturers association, oil companies, traders, automobile association, entrepreneurs, promotional and marketing agencies and financial institutions to:-
Tap the high potential of producing bio-fuel from India¡¦s waste
agricultural produce
Enhance energy security owing to reduced dependence on oil imports
Develop proper technology/ strategies to reduce vehicular pollution for better environment
Utilize the waste natural resources for healthier tomorrow
Increase employment and derive significant improvement of the rural economy.
We have invited Hon¡¦ble Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Sharad Pawar as chief guest and Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Hon¡¦ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra to be our guest of Honour. Eminent speakers from different fields who have been invited to address the conference include:-
Mr. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of Maharashtra,
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation,
Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO representative (India),
Dr. Craig Bryson from Australia,
Dr. Reinhard K. Henning from Germany amongst others.
I request you to attend the conference alongwith your colleagues. Pls. find attached prog. details. Please do confirm your participation through the attached registration form. In order to defray cost, a nominal delegate fee of Rs. 3,000/- is being charged.
On 29 - 30 September¡¦05
Venue: Hotel Intercontinental, Mumbai, India
Tentative Conference Programme
Chief Guest : Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture
Shri Sharad Pawar
Day One: 29th September 2005
09:00-- 09:30 Registration
09:30 -- 10:30 Inaugural Session
Welcome address : Mr. Sushil Kr. Jiwarajka, Chairman FICCI-WRC
Programme overview : Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
Key Note Address : Dr. M.S.Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation, Chennai
Special Address : Shri. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of M.S.
Inaugural Address : Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture
Vote of Thanks : Mr. P.M. Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural
Development committee
10:30 --- 10:45 Tea Break
10:45 -- 12:45 Session I: Opportunities in India
Session Chair: Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO Representative, India-Nepal
+++ Can India meet the challenge of Green-fuel?
Dr. Craig Bryson, Australia
+++ Green-fuel: Enhanced Employment opportunities
Mr. Anil Harlalka, Project Head, Noble Explochem, Nagpur
+++ Green-fuel Advantages and Opportunities : A Future Roadmap
Mr. C.S.Bhaskar, MD, Naturol Fuels Ltd., Hyderabad
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
12:45 --- 13:45 Lunch
13:45 --- 15:45 Session II: Wasteland development
Session Chair- Dr. Ramakrishnan, Director(R&D), Reliance Life Sciences
+++ Green-fuel plantation for wasteland development
Mr. K Singh, MD, MP Agro Industries Corporation
+++ Promoting Farming For Future Fuel-
Mr. Roshan, SRIPHL, Churu, Rajasthan
+++ High Yielding Green-Fuel of the Future-Role of Biotech
Dr. S. Shetty, MD, Labland Biotech, Mysore
+++ Utilisation of wasteland for energy supply
Dr. R.K. Malhotra, GM(R&D), IOC
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
15:45 -- 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 -- 18:00 Session III: Diverse sources of Green-fuel
Session Chair- Mrs. Leena Mehendale, Executive Director, PCRA, New-Delhi
+++ Various sources and their maximum utilization
Mr. Pramod Chaudhuri, Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd., Pune
+++ Green-fuel: Alternate and cost effective mechanism
Mr. Amitava Banerjee, DGM (Tech), Lurgi India, New Delhi
+++ Sweet sorghum: A potential alternative source of Green-fuels
Dr. V. Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
+++ Green-fuel: The Vegetable oil route
Mr. S. Chaturvedi, Director, GOCL, Gujarat
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
Day Two: 30th September 2005
10:00 -- 11:30 Session I: Consultancy, marketing of Biofuel
Session Chair ¡VDr. R Mandal, Advisor, Planning commission, GOI, New-Delhi
+++ Green-fuel Consultancy: A direction in poverty alleviation
Dr. Reinhard K.Henning, Germany
+++ Green-fuel : A sustainable continuous economic development
Dr. G Best, FAO
+++ Green-Fuel: A Brazilian perspective ¡V
Dr. A. Kadakia, Managing Director, Hon. Consul of Brazil
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
11:30 --- 11:45 Tea Break
11:45--- 13:30 Session II:
Policy, Pricing and Carbon Credit
Session Chairman- Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
+++ Green-fuel: Environmental Impact
Dr. T S Panwar, TERI, New Delhi
+++ Green-fuel :Technical Issues and Policies
Dr. Renu Swarup, Director, DBT
+++ Green-fuel : Technical valuation of carbon credit (CER)
Ms. Chithra Srinivasan, Earnst and Young
+++ Green-fuel : Possible upside from carbon credit- SRF
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
13:30 -- 14:30 Lunch
14:30 --- 16:30 Session III: Farm Credit, Investment requirements
Session Chairperson- Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, Chairperson, NABARD
+++ Economic opportunities in Green-fuel energy
Mr. Ramesh Kumar, CGM, SBI
+++ Business potential in green-fuel energy production
Mr. Alagarswamy, Dr. MGR Foundation, Chennai
+++ Green-fuel: The needs for awareness and incentives
Kalyan Chakravarthy, Yes Bank
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair
16:30 - 16:45 Tea
16:45 - 17:30 Valedictory Session
Welcome address ---
--Mr. P.M.Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural Development
committee Proceeding presentation by --
Mr. J.S.Saharia, Principal Secretary (Agri and Hort.), Govt of Maharashtra
Valedictory Address by--
Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Vote of Thanks by--
Mr. Sushil Kumar Jiwarajka, Chairman, FICCI-WRC
Integrated hot air roasting machine -- patent thereof
Ref
Integrated hot air roasting machine
A project sponsored by me when I was ED of PCRA.
INTEGRATED HOT AIR ROASTING MACHINE
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2006103526
Developed by PCRA and Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
and patent filed.
The invention relates to an integrated hot air roasting machine for roasting/ toasting of cereals, pulses, spices, oil seeds and ready to-eat snac foods using flue gas, with the roasting, resting and cooling operations being performed in a single machine. The product processed by using this device has uniform roasting, uniform color, moisture and other sensorial properties. All the variables such as residence time, temperature of the hot air, resting time and cooling time of the roasted material are done sequentially by use of a programmable logical controller (PLC). The device is energy efficient as the hot air is recirculated. The roasted material will be discharged through the out let chute of the hot air roasting machine to the resting chamber, where the material is held inside this chamber for the moisture to stabilize.
Integrated hot air roasting machine
A project sponsored by me when I was ED of PCRA.
INTEGRATED HOT AIR ROASTING MACHINE
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2006103526
Developed by PCRA and Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
and patent filed.
The invention relates to an integrated hot air roasting machine for roasting/ toasting of cereals, pulses, spices, oil seeds and ready to-eat snac foods using flue gas, with the roasting, resting and cooling operations being performed in a single machine. The product processed by using this device has uniform roasting, uniform color, moisture and other sensorial properties. All the variables such as residence time, temperature of the hot air, resting time and cooling time of the roasted material are done sequentially by use of a programmable logical controller (PLC). The device is energy efficient as the hot air is recirculated. The roasted material will be discharged through the out let chute of the hot air roasting machine to the resting chamber, where the material is held inside this chamber for the moisture to stabilize.
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Pune, June 6 The 25 members of the regulating council of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) were elected on Friday. The members of the council will now choose an honorary secretary on July 6 to head BORI for the next three years.
Shripad Bhat, Shailaja Bapat, A B Marathe, V L Manjul, S S Bhaulkar, Leela Arjunwadkar, Saroja Bhate, Malhar Kulkarni, M G Dhadphale, Deepak Tilak, G u Thite, P G Lalye, Bhupal Patwardhan, Maitreyee Deshpande, Rucha Mulay, S D joshi, Sadanand More, Shobana Gokhale, Kalyani Namjoshi, Leena Mehendale, Vasant Gadgil, R m Bhalerao, Shyam Satpute, Arun Barve, G T Panse are the new elected R C members.
The counting of votes went on till late this evening. Out of the 487 votes cast, only 328 were rendered valid. The next step is for the post of the honorary secretaryship, for which the two contestants are Saroja Bhate and M G Dhadphale.
M G Dhadphale, the incumbent secretary, has kept alive BORI in the public consciousness. He has claimed to be responsible for pulling through the Union Budget grant of over Rs 7.5 crore for the institute but there have been constant reports of friction between him and ex- secretaries and council members.
Over 48 candidates filed applications for the 25 RC seats till April 15. The ballot papers were distributed on April 25 to over 1,500 life members, who alone can vote for the council.
The last date for the sending in the votes for the members was on June 5. The counting process was conducted on Friday and the results were declared around 9.30 pm.
BORI elects its 25 council members
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Posted online: Saturday , June 07, 2008 at 12:45:52
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Pune, June 6 The 25 members of the regulating council of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) were elected on Friday. The members of the council will now choose an honorary secretary on July 6 to head BORI for the next three years.
Shripad Bhat, Shailaja Bapat, A B Marathe, V L Manjul, S S Bhaulkar, Leela Arjunwadkar, Saroja Bhate, Malhar Kulkarni, M G Dhadphale, Deepak Tilak, G u Thite, P G Lalye, Bhupal Patwardhan, Maitreyee Deshpande, Rucha Mulay, S D joshi, Sadanand More, Shobana Gokhale, Kalyani Namjoshi, Leena Mehendale, Vasant Gadgil, R m Bhalerao, Shyam Satpute, Arun Barve, G T Panse are the new elected R C members.
The counting of votes went on till late this evening. Out of the 487 votes cast, only 328 were rendered valid. The next step is for the post of the honorary secretaryship, for which the two contestants are Saroja Bhate and M G Dhadphale.
M G Dhadphale, the incumbent secretary, has kept alive BORI in the public consciousness. He has claimed to be responsible for pulling through the Union Budget grant of over Rs 7.5 crore for the institute but there have been constant reports of friction between him and ex- secretaries and council members.
Over 48 candidates filed applications for the 25 RC seats till April 15. The ballot papers were distributed on April 25 to over 1,500 life members, who alone can vote for the council.
The last date for the sending in the votes for the members was on June 5. The counting process was conducted on Friday and the results were declared around 9.30 pm.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
mapping of animal Census data
mapping of animal Census data
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING STATISTICS HELD DURING OCTOBER 05-06, 2006 AT PUNE
inaugural address
Smt. Leena Mehendale, Principal Secretary, ADF, Government of Maharashtra in her inaugural address expressed her great pleasure that the Government of India has chosen Pune for holding the TCD meeting. She mentioned that the development potential of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (ADF) is tremendous and planners may aspire to attain up to 10 % level of the growth rate. Information is an asset for planning. The ADF sector is very important from food security viewpoint. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry sector should go hand in hand. From energy point of view again, there exists substantial contribution potential from this sector. She suggested for the mapping of Census data which may mean convergence of many departments. Time series analysis and regression analysis should be put to use in order to understand numbers better. Total productivity and strategy for productivity increase will be different for different people. She illustrated this concept by giving the example of sheep rearing activity. It has different dimensions if its aims and hence people involved are different like for those pursuing for the life sustaining activity, for commercial or growth potential activity or for export base increase activity etc. In all such cases, for different people, different strategies of developments would be relevant. She appreciated calling TCD meeting at Pune as the participating officers would be free from all file works and would devote much of their time in deliberations. She wished a great success to the meeting in achieving its goal.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING STATISTICS HELD DURING OCTOBER 05-06, 2006 AT PUNE
inaugural address
Smt. Leena Mehendale, Principal Secretary, ADF, Government of Maharashtra in her inaugural address expressed her great pleasure that the Government of India has chosen Pune for holding the TCD meeting. She mentioned that the development potential of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (ADF) is tremendous and planners may aspire to attain up to 10 % level of the growth rate. Information is an asset for planning. The ADF sector is very important from food security viewpoint. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry sector should go hand in hand. From energy point of view again, there exists substantial contribution potential from this sector. She suggested for the mapping of Census data which may mean convergence of many departments. Time series analysis and regression analysis should be put to use in order to understand numbers better. Total productivity and strategy for productivity increase will be different for different people. She illustrated this concept by giving the example of sheep rearing activity. It has different dimensions if its aims and hence people involved are different like for those pursuing for the life sustaining activity, for commercial or growth potential activity or for export base increase activity etc. In all such cases, for different people, different strategies of developments would be relevant. She appreciated calling TCD meeting at Pune as the participating officers would be free from all file works and would devote much of their time in deliberations. She wished a great success to the meeting in achieving its goal.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Energium 2004
Energium 2004 brings to light need and measures of energy efficiency
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Energium 2004, organised jointly by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) and the United States - Environmental Resource Centre (US-ERC), in Mumbai recently, emphasised the need for energy efficiency, through its two-day conference, ‘Energy Efficiency in Commercial Establishments’. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Leena Mehendale, executive director, PCRA stated, “It’s not just enough to have energy efficient solutions, a change in attitude is is important, creating awareness about energy is important.”
Said Mr Suneel Parasnis, director general, United States - Asia Environmental Partnership/USAID, western region, in his address, said, “We have reached a situation where we are forced to adopt energy efficiency as a way of life and business. We have no option.”
According to Mr V S Verma, director general, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Member Planning, Central Electricity Authority, “Per capita energy consumption in India is still very low when compared to that in the developed countries. However, the pressure to save energy is just as urgent here. While effecting savings, energy efficiency also results in better cost-competitiveness, and also reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. All these issues are becoming increasingly important in a global marketplace.”
He further stated that India has an energy shortage of around 17.1 per cent, and even as the higher energy generation of 41,000 MW in the 10th Plan will be achieved, the demand for energy is also increasing very fast, as standard of living improves. In this scenario, energy conservation and efficiency is the only way to move ahead,” he said.
According to Ms Mehendale, “There is still a lot that needs to be done towards energy conservation and efficiency. Awareness is sadly lacking. The Bureau of Indian Standards has prescribed norms for manufacturing of equipment, which have to be voluntarily applied, but we have come across a number of equipment which do not meet these standards. At times, simple adjustments in the design of equipment can lead to immense energy saving and better efficiency, but this is not done due to lack of knowledge. At other times, standards are not met as these require some amount of investment, making the product that much costlier, so energy efficiency is sacrificed for low costs. We have still a long way to go in creating awareness about energy efficiency and then getting people to adopt such systems and solutions.”
Speakers at the conference included Dr Pramod Deo, member, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission; Mr S Padmanaban, senior energy and environment advisor, USAID; Mr A U Diggikar, director general, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency; Dr Naval Karrir, director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Mr E S Balasubramaniam, DGM, State Bank of India; Mr Jaisingh Dhumal, chief manager, ICICI Bank; Mr Abraham Varghese, head, energy management group, Enercon Systems; Ms Rupa Devi Singh, director, power practice, CRISIL; among others.
Dr Pramod Deo, in his paper on ‘Regulatory Issues and Energy Efficiency in Commercial Establishments’ spoke about the Electricity Act 2003 (EC 2003), which addresses the issue of improvement of energy efficiency directly for supply options, while the demand side is left to the ingenuity of the state electricity regulation commissions (SERCs). “It is well known that in order to give rightful palce to demand side management options, the regulators need to adopt Integrated Energy Resource Planning (IREP). IREP evaluates demand and supply-side options and determines the optimal energy service strategy that takes account of economic and environment factors. This brings into sharp focus the use of alternative energy supply options.”
Mr S Padmanaban, in his paper on ‘Policy and program initiatives to advance energy efficiency in commercial establishments’ spoke of the need for design of conservation strategies in commercial establishments. “There was a misconception that buildings in India did not consume much energy. However, the ground realities were different: in city after city air conditioning was beginning to grow rapidly and together with lighting, is a major contributor to peak load. Today, efficiency opportunities are being recognised by commercial builders, building appliance vendors, architects and design firms, etc.” He further stated that three key areas need to be addressed - regulations and market-driven prices, innovative financing with emphasis on risk coverage, and transforming technologies to reflect enhanced energy efficiency.
The push to adopt energy efficient solutions and systems is also coming from the financial sector, which has put in place schemes to boost investment in such ventures. The State Bank Of India (SBI) has initiated the ‘Energy Efficiency Project’. “An amount of Rs 190 lakh has been set apart for implementation of this pilot project, covering 140 units across the country. The bank will identify units enjoying credit limits which have investments in plant and machinery less than Rs 10 crore. Consultants will be empanelled at various centres and walk-in audits conducted with their help. The consultants will study all aspects of energy management, as per the bank’s standard format, prepare detailed project report on energy efficiency measures and its implementation,” said Mr E S Balasubramanian, DGM, SBI.
Other topics discussed at the summit were the latest energy saving technologies, making buildings energy efficient, ESCO approach to guaranteed energy savings, energy auditing, etc.
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Energium 2004 brings to light need and measures of energy efficiency
E-Tex Staff - Mumbai
Energium 2004, organised jointly by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) and the United States - Environmental Resource Centre (US-ERC), in Mumbai recently, emphasised the need for energy efficiency, through its two-day conference, ‘Energy Efficiency in Commercial Establishments’. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Leena Mehendale, executive director, PCRA stated, “It’s not just enough to have energy efficient solutions, a change in attitude is is important, creating awareness about energy is important.”
Said Mr Suneel Parasnis, director general, United States - Asia Environmental Partnership/USAID, western region, in his address, said, “We have reached a situation where we are forced to adopt energy efficiency as a way of life and business. We have no option.”
According to Mr V S Verma, director general, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Member Planning, Central Electricity Authority, “Per capita energy consumption in India is still very low when compared to that in the developed countries. However, the pressure to save energy is just as urgent here. While effecting savings, energy efficiency also results in better cost-competitiveness, and also reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. All these issues are becoming increasingly important in a global marketplace.”
He further stated that India has an energy shortage of around 17.1 per cent, and even as the higher energy generation of 41,000 MW in the 10th Plan will be achieved, the demand for energy is also increasing very fast, as standard of living improves. In this scenario, energy conservation and efficiency is the only way to move ahead,” he said.
According to Ms Mehendale, “There is still a lot that needs to be done towards energy conservation and efficiency. Awareness is sadly lacking. The Bureau of Indian Standards has prescribed norms for manufacturing of equipment, which have to be voluntarily applied, but we have come across a number of equipment which do not meet these standards. At times, simple adjustments in the design of equipment can lead to immense energy saving and better efficiency, but this is not done due to lack of knowledge. At other times, standards are not met as these require some amount of investment, making the product that much costlier, so energy efficiency is sacrificed for low costs. We have still a long way to go in creating awareness about energy efficiency and then getting people to adopt such systems and solutions.”
Speakers at the conference included Dr Pramod Deo, member, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission; Mr S Padmanaban, senior energy and environment advisor, USAID; Mr A U Diggikar, director general, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency; Dr Naval Karrir, director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Mr E S Balasubramaniam, DGM, State Bank of India; Mr Jaisingh Dhumal, chief manager, ICICI Bank; Mr Abraham Varghese, head, energy management group, Enercon Systems; Ms Rupa Devi Singh, director, power practice, CRISIL; among others.
Dr Pramod Deo, in his paper on ‘Regulatory Issues and Energy Efficiency in Commercial Establishments’ spoke about the Electricity Act 2003 (EC 2003), which addresses the issue of improvement of energy efficiency directly for supply options, while the demand side is left to the ingenuity of the state electricity regulation commissions (SERCs). “It is well known that in order to give rightful palce to demand side management options, the regulators need to adopt Integrated Energy Resource Planning (IREP). IREP evaluates demand and supply-side options and determines the optimal energy service strategy that takes account of economic and environment factors. This brings into sharp focus the use of alternative energy supply options.”
Mr S Padmanaban, in his paper on ‘Policy and program initiatives to advance energy efficiency in commercial establishments’ spoke of the need for design of conservation strategies in commercial establishments. “There was a misconception that buildings in India did not consume much energy. However, the ground realities were different: in city after city air conditioning was beginning to grow rapidly and together with lighting, is a major contributor to peak load. Today, efficiency opportunities are being recognised by commercial builders, building appliance vendors, architects and design firms, etc.” He further stated that three key areas need to be addressed - regulations and market-driven prices, innovative financing with emphasis on risk coverage, and transforming technologies to reflect enhanced energy efficiency.
The push to adopt energy efficient solutions and systems is also coming from the financial sector, which has put in place schemes to boost investment in such ventures. The State Bank Of India (SBI) has initiated the ‘Energy Efficiency Project’. “An amount of Rs 190 lakh has been set apart for implementation of this pilot project, covering 140 units across the country. The bank will identify units enjoying credit limits which have investments in plant and machinery less than Rs 10 crore. Consultants will be empanelled at various centres and walk-in audits conducted with their help. The consultants will study all aspects of energy management, as per the bank’s standard format, prepare detailed project report on energy efficiency measures and its implementation,” said Mr E S Balasubramanian, DGM, SBI.
Other topics discussed at the summit were the latest energy saving technologies, making buildings energy efficient, ESCO approach to guaranteed energy savings, energy auditing, etc.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Detergent, urea in your child’s milk
Aditya Ghosh, Hindustan Times
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Mumbai, June 16, 2007
One in every five packets of milk is adulterated in the state with chemicals such as caustic soda and urea.
While caustic soda, an acid found in detergents, damages the digestive tract including the stomach lining, urea can damage the urinary system and lead to the formation of stones in the kidney.
After a year’s investigation, the state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the findings about milk in Maharashtra on Friday.
It is now launching a massive drive to check milk quality across the state. Even tankers coming from outside the state will be stopped at highway checkposts and samples taken.
When two owners of large dairies were contacted, they said their dairies did not produce such adulterated milk and refused to say anything else.
Among 761 samples tested between April 2006 and May 2007 from state cooperatives as well as private diaries, 151 samples were adulterated.
A report on 100-odd samples is awaited. The adulterants varied from chemicals like washing soda and urea to non-synthetic material like palm oil, liquid glucose and lactose. The FDA refused to say which dairies it had taken samples from.
Prosecution has started in only 27 cases. Soon after the FDA received the report, a high-level meeting was convened by the Home Department in the Mantralaya.
“The chief minister had attended the meeting and we are trying to evolve some strategy to counter this. He wants to make provisions for much stronger punitive action against the offenders,” said outgoing principal secretary of animal husbandry and dairy development department Leena Mehendale.
“From June, we launched a massive operation and in eight days collected 53 samples, arrested four people. We are waiting for the reports on the samples,” said FDA Commissioner Amitabh Chandra.
The samples had urea higher than the safety limit of 700 ppm, which experts correlated with indiscriminate use of fertilisers in cattle fodder. “It is a strong possibility. Also, fertilisers seeping into groundwater are affecting the quality of grass,” said Pune-based veterinarian Aniruddha Belsare.
In Mumbai, experts said some dairies added urea as adulterant to enhance colour and texture. “However, they did not realise that the natural urea content in milk was increasing all the time because of rampant use of fertilisers in fodder. Now, it is crossing the safety threshold,” said Dr JC Khanna, secretary, Parel Animal Hospital.
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