Acknowledgement

I wish to place on record the acknowledgment of the guidance, and

assistance received from Dr. Divesh Bhatia (dbhatia@chemical.iitd.ac.in) of
Chemical Engineering Department and for assigning me the project. Special
thanks and appreciation goes towards M/S SELCO Internaltional for their
work. A deep sense of gratitude prevails for their support, cooperation and
for being responsive in providing necessary information .

Akansha Srivastava(srivastavakansha90@gmail.com)
M.Tech First Year
Chemical Engineering
IIT Delhi

ABSTRACT

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is one of the major

environmental problems of Indian cities. Improper management of
municipal solid waste (MSW) causes hazards to inhabitants. The rapid
increase in population and changing lifestyle and change in consumption
pattern is increasing the rate of waste generation in our country. Alongside
there is an increase in energy demand with ever increasing population.
Therefore there is an urgent need to fulfill the energy requirements and to
manage the waste that had been produced. Thus in the present study
simultaneous solution to both the problems is studied by Waste-to-Energy
Technology, the objective of which is treating MSW to reduce its volume as
well as generating energy and electricity to add value to the process.
Hyderabad waste to energy project undertaken by the municipal corporation
of Hyderabad and supported by TDB, TIFAC, and Department of Science &
Technology Government of India employs RDF pelletization method to
employ WTE conversion. Hyderabad is generating 3500MT of waste each
day if this waste is dumped into unsanitary landfill then Methane is formed
by decomposition of organic matter in dump yards, which is 24 times more
global warming potential than that of CO2. Uncontrolled burning in open
trench grounds leads to emission of nitrous oxides, which has 179 times
more global warming potential than that of CO2 besides creating air and
water (surface and underground) pollution, degradation in the quality of
land etc these dump yards provide a base for breeding of mosquitoes and
other insects which cause health hazards. Thus with adoption of this new
technology todays waste can be tomorrows fuel.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

Solid waste management (SWM)

MSW composition
Population effect
Municipal Solid Waste treatment process

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CHAPTER-2
HYDERABAD WASTE TO ENERGY PROJECT
2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.4.
2.5.
2.6.

Hyderabad MSW management plant

Composition of Hyderabad MSW
Salient features of MSW processing plant
Process description
Process chemistry
Physical properties

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CHAPTER -3
EMISSIONS AND CONTROL METHODS

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CHAPTER -4
SALIENT FEATURES OF POWER PLANT BASED ON RDF

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CHAPTER-5
BENEFITS
REFERNCES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1. Population Growth and Impact on

Overall Urban Waste Generation and
Future Predictions until 2041

Table 1.2. Area of Land Occupied/Required

for unsanitary disposal of MSW

Table 2.1. Composition of Hyderabad MSW

Table 2.2. Fuel characterization

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Table 2.3. Chemical composition of

post combustion gaseous mixture

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Table 2.4. Chemical property of RDF pellets

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Table 2.5. Physical properties of RDF

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LIST OF FIGURES
Fig 1.1. RDF plant process flow diagram

Fig 2.1. Belt conveyor

Fig 2.2. Magnetic separator

Fig 2.3. Trommel screen

Fig 2.4. Hammer mill

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