The Hindu 07.01.2010
Scheme to generate power from garbage in Tirupur
R. Vimal Kumar
| Experts hold interactive technical sessions on the project |
Tirupur: Effective disposal of the garbage generated in the city is a key function in which the Tirupur Corporation administration has failed miserably in all these years, but now the situation seems to be changing for the better.
A Rs. 1,423.4 crore dual purpose plant is all set to come up on a public-private partnership (PPP) mode in the city that enables power generation from garbage as well as to treat effluent water, which in turn would help the Corporation and pollution control officials heave a sigh of relief.
Technology
The technology of the project had been developed by the US-based companies M-Limited and Zero Inc in technical collaboration with Texas A &M University.
Of the total capital expenditure, 90 percent would be borne by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) under the World Bank while the remaining portion need to be raised by the Corporation and other stakeholders involved in city development.
Implementation
Mayor K. Selvaraj told The Hindu that the administration had ‘in-principle accepted the concept’ and further steps would be taken for its speedy implementation after consulting the State Government and officials concerned.
Mr. Selvaraj told this after holding few rounds of interactive technical sessions with the experts from Texas A&M University on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.
Charles Allan Jones and R. Srinivasan, both Texas A &M University professors, told The Hindu that that power generated from garbage would be generated on the principle of ‘gasification-oxidation’ using recovery steam generator and stream turbine generator.
Dr. Srinivasan said that the proposed plant would have capacity to generate 30 MW power from every 1,000 tonnes of garbage.
“The power generation cost has been computed at Rs 2,760 per MW,” he added.
Distilled water
The plant would be able to produce two crore litres of distilled water a day from as many litres of effluent water.
A ‘special purpose vehicle’ would be created to operate the plant.
Revenue
The project, once commissioned, would be able to generate revenue of Rs. 441.17 crore from the sale of distilled water, power and other by-products like nitrogen, carbon-di-oxide, argon and ash.
