City start-up develops microbial fuel cell tech
JSP Enviro, a city-based startup, is in talks with a garment dyeing unit in Tirupur to set up a prototype microbial fuel cell technology waste water treatment plant that would generate power, said top company officials.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-01-21 20:31 GMT
Chennai
The start-up was founded by an alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M). “We are in talks with a dyeing and printing unit in Tirupur to set up a prototype microbial fuel cell waste water treatment plant.
Once the results are satisfactory a bigger plant will be installed,” said Priyadharshini Mani, a co-founder.
“Overseas, this technology is used by dairy, liquor and other industries,” she added.
Mani said the quantum of power generation is one kilowatt per one square metre.
“Conventional waste water treatment plants are very energy intensive. But microbial fuel cell technology waste water treatment will be energy positive,” said VT Fidal Kumar, co-founder and an IIT-M alumni.
He said the power generated will run the waste water treatment system and the excess power could be captured through a capacitor and stored.
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