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Impact forum for social change

Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka

10 January 2011

Formerly known as Excel Electricals Pvt. Ltd.

BY PRANAV GADHIA -VICE PRESIDENT

pgadhia@excellentrenewable.com
 Presentation Structure

 About Excellent Renewable Pvt. Ltd.

 Business Model
 References
 Financial Models
 Conclusion
 About Us

 Excellent Renewable Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Excel

Electricals Pvt. Ltd.) is a vibrant engineering solutions
company focused on identifying, prospecting and
promoting Biogas based technologies to meet the
growing demand for energy in India
 Excellent was a privately held company founded in 1982
and has now it has invited technocrats, investors, and
philanthropist to run the company professionally into
biogas field and later in other renewable areas
 About Us

 The company has the technical expertise of reputed technocrats like

Mr. Gulabbhai Patel, and Klaus Peter Hankel, who are mentoring the
young team consisting of Mr. Gaurav Kedia, Pranav Gadhia, Sumedh
Bapat, Srinivas Kasulla, Bhaskar Niranjani etc. Mr. Vinay P. Desai and
Mr. Deepak Gadhia also participate in the the company and bring in the
three decades of renewable energy business experience. The company
has also given the sweat equity to Dr. Vikram Patel of Muni Seva
Ashram to guide company to meet its CSR goals.
 With an initial focus of providing biogas based solutions and optimizing
existing systems for various applications, Excellent aim at reducing the
carbon footprint and developing a sustainable and green future
Nature to Nature
Gobar bank - Video
 Excellent Approach

Prospect Implement
Identify Monitor & Maintain
Excellent evaluates the Excellent customizes
Excellent is constantly Excellent diligently
practical feasibility and every technology with
on the look-out for the monitors every project
applicability of a the help of its partners
best of technologies to for performance and
technology in different to optimize
meet the energy continuously seeks to
situations to determine performance and meet
requirements of its ensure peak efficiency
the best suitable clients the unique demands of
clients and through-put
for a technology its customers
 Excellent - Biogas Solution

BOO, BO, BOOT

Turnkey System
Installation Monitoring
and and
Commissioning optimization

Modification
Customized
System Design Our A to Z commitment /continuous
feed back

Area
Prospecting &
Detailed
Project success and System design
Feasibility customer value improvement
Analysis
 Market potential in India

Biogas Potential
 Cattle dung alone can generate ~4.9 (in MW)
X 107 m3 (~5000 MW) of biogas
from 980 million tones produced Sugar
annually in India (ref: CRDT, IIT-
Delhi) 65 Pulp and
 Only ~5% of the potential is utilized 69 94
363 paper
till date that too in a decentralized Starch
manner and in unorganized sector 503
58
 There are many additional substrate Distillery
129
e.g. de oiled cake, poultry dropping,
cow-dung, energy crops like Milk
napiergrass, maize etc. apart from the Total Potential : 1281 MW
processing
figure shown on right hand side

Ref: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India

 Potential market for the organic fertilizer

 Weighted average arable land of

world: ~40% of land area, whereas
India is fortunate to have ~61% of
land area as arable land i.e.
1,697,000 square kilometers
 Weighted average organic farming in
world: 242,708.0 hectares (Total =
21,358,307 hectares), whereas
organic farming in India is just
41,000 hectares
 Chemical fertilizer consumption in
India: 16,122,580 metric tons, which
could be reduced by the use of
organic fertlizer
 Bio Gas Technology-Quick facts

• Biogas is produced by the anaerobic

Principle decomposition of organic matter

• Large scale biogas systems can be designed to

Capacity cater to the requirements

Area Required • Customized solution can be found for Biogas plant

Period of • The system functions for 350 days a year on 24

Functioning hrs basis

Bio gas utility • System can be used for cooking, vehicle filling and
power generation
 Biogas Technology- Setup Design

(II) Gas Purification System

(III) Gas Distribution System

(I) Gas Generation System

 Components of biogas system

Gas Generation Gas Distribution Gas Enrichment

Feeding System
System System System

• Depending on type • The digester is the • Biogas produced • The produced biogas
of biogas plant, all heart of the biogas into digester is can be enriched with
bio-degradable plant. Biogas either enriched or the help Low-Scrubb
material can be fed production is an distributed through water scrubbing
into the digester. anaerobic microbial pipeline to the technology
The raw material process which takes households mainly developed by
may need to be place in the digester. for cooking purpose. Excellent. The
crushed and mixed The process involves The biogas can be enriched biogas is
with water/outlet the combined action distributed with equivalent to natural
slurry and feed into of four different equal pressure with gas quality and can
the digester. steps i.e. a. the help of GPRS be used as vehicle
Hydrolysis (Gas Pressure fuel after
b. Acidogenic Regulating System) compression or for
c. Acetogenic developed by any other purpose
d. Methanogenic Excellent.
 Available Technologies with Excellent

 KVIC
 MUASB V2
 CSTR
 3EBT
 Dry Fermentation
 Biogas upgradation
 Electricity generation etc.
 Competition

 Scattered market
 No established player at national level

Advantage w.r.t. existing competitor:

 Covering full span of available biogas technologies

 Experienced and skilled workforce
 End to end solution
 Other Benefits

Research and Development

• In house practical working models of cutting edge technology will
kindle research interests of students.
• Extensive learning opportunity for students and a brush with smart
engineering can solve huge problems
• Training and development with overall value addition for the institute.

University’s Green Initiatives

• Another huge leap towards achieving Self Sufficiency by installing our
Biogas System.
• Another feather in the university’s cap by demonstrating its support
towards a Clean and Green Environment

Additional revenue
• Possibility of earning Carbon Credits.
• Possible energy savings with supply gas in rural area.
 Our offering

 FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS & CUSTOMISED

DESIGN: Excellent completes a detailed
feasibility analysis and submit a project proposal
inclusive of a custom design best suited for the
client needs

 INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING:

Complete plant installation is carried out by us Customer
 TRAINING & HANDING OVER OF SYSTEM:
Training Support and
and Warranty
Training of the personnel of the buyer/user Installati Handov
institution in the operation and maintenance of on and er of
the Biogas plant is given for proper handling of Commis System
Feasibi sioning
the plant. Proper manuals is prepared and lity
provided and logbooks supplied and explained Analysi
how it is to be logged so that proper s and
documentation can be maintained Custo
mized
 WARRANTY: The system is designed in such a Design
manner to give robust performance and
durability. The warranty against manufacturing
defects is of 5 years which does not include any
wear and tear and replacement costs due to
mishandling
BUSINESS MODEL
 Business Model

EPC-Biogas
projects

Bio Digester
and Scrubber

Excellent
Project
renewable Pvt.
advisory
Ltd.

BOOT-Power
Plants

BOO- Biogas
Plants
 Projected operating revenue

12,000

10,000

8,000
Amount Rs. in Lacs

6,000

4,000

2,000

-
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Years
 Expansion plan

Excellent
renewable Pvt.
Ltd.

Foreign
Promoter group Promoter Group Bank Finance
Private Equity Investors Green
equity Unsecured loan (Term loan & CC)
Funds
REFERENCE
 Project Experience-I

 Village : Bhitmudrak
 Biogas Plant : KVIC Floating dome 85 cum/day x 2 with GPRS
 Telescopic Length of pipeline : 2500 m serving to 121 households
 Completion date : March 07
 Project Uniqueness-I

 First time the model project based in Bhitbhudrak showed the importance of social
engineering along with technology to make biogas a success.
 The traditional KVIC design was modified.
 Gas pressure regulating system (GPRS): with the help of GPRS the gas is distributed to
the 121 house holds at equal pressure even at far distance.
 The telescopic length of pipeline in the village is 2500 mtrs.

Socio-economic benefit

The villagers are facilitated with cleaner and consistent source of energy for cooking.
Improved economics of village:
By way of providing more earnings from dung.
By way of improved crop production because of use of organic fertilizer.
Improved health and hygiene:
Providing smoke free atmosphere into kitchen.
Providing cleaner environment in to village.
 Project Experience-II

 Village : Vegam
 Biogas Plant : KVIC Floating dome 85 cum/day with common sanitatio
 Telescopic Length of pipeline : 1017 m
 No of connections : 60 households
 Completion date : October 08
 Project Uniqueness-II

 Feedstock is cow dung with Night soil

Socio-economic benefit
 Effective means for the sanitary disposal of human excreta
 Due to decomposition of night soil in biogas unit the most of the disease causing
organisms are killed.
 The problem of waste disposal is solved at the family level itself
 The villagers could get the cooking gas along with organic fertilizer in form of vermi-
compost
 Project Experience-III

 Place : Bakrol farm, Near Vadodara

 Biogas Plant : Modified Upflow Anaerobic Blanket V2 (MUASB V2) of 250 m3
 Completion date : February 09
 Project Uniqueness-III

 Capable of handling multiple feedstock

 Single Digester in place of two digesters

 Solid concentration variation from 0.1 % to 10 %

 High solid retention time and low Hydraulic retention time

 Planned slurry tapping for manure management

 Water saving by recycling by partial recycling

 The high SRT and low HRT provision allows the digester to perform well at even lower

temperatures, eliminating the need for feed heating system or internal heating system.
 Project Experience IV

 Place : Peshawe Udyan Energy Park, Pune Municipal Corporation

 Biogas Plant : 3EBTechnology of 400 m3
 Completion date : January 10
 Project Uniqueness IV

 Specially designed to handle continuously changing feed stock.

 Bi-Phasic technology makes it more stable and highly productive.

 Efficiently reduces CO2 in the final gas.

 Energy efficient technology with plug flow technology base.

 Universal design to adapt to all types of substrates.

 Fixed dome technology ensures zero leakages of generated gas.

 Special innovations like methanagenous grid, aeration in primary stage, specially

developed crushers and gas utility technologies.
 Project experience IV….using 3EBTechnology

Plants done under Green Leaf Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd. name
 5000 kg./day 3EBTechnology Food waste based plant at Peshawe Udyan Energy Park for
Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune. Gas generation 300-400 m3 based on the waste
quality. Scope of work : Design, Construction, execution and Operation and Maintenance
of the plant for a period of 5 years. Date of commissioning : 9th January 2010.

 5000 kg./day 3EBTechnology Food waste based plant at Katraj Ramp Site for Pune
Municipal Corporation, Pune. Gas generation 300-400 m3 based on the waste quality.
Scope of work : Design, Construction, execution and Operation and Maintenance of the
plant for a period of 5 years. Date of commissioning : 3rd April 2010.

 5000 kg./day 3EBTechnology Food waste based plant at Dhankavadi Ward office,
opposite Katraj Milk Dairy for Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune. Gas generation 300-
400 m3 based on the waste quality. Scope of work : Design, Construction, execution and
Operation and Maintenance of the plant for a period of 5 years. Date of commissioning :
6th May 2010.

 3EBT Castor Cake Plant 230 m3/Day generation capacity. Installed at Ashish Cans and
Containers Pvt. Ltd., Talegaon Dabhade, Scope of work : Design, execution,
commissioning and O& M. End utilization- Replacing 210 litres diesel/day at Hot Air
generation Oven.
 Project Experience V

 Place : Manufactured for S.R.E.L., installed at Kolhapur, New Jersey

 Biogas Plant : Packaged Biogas plant Technology of 26 m3
 Completion date : January 09
 Project Uniqueness V

 Specially designed to handle multiple feed stock.

 CSTR based technology simple and efficient for small scale applications.

 Fully portable design, packaged inside a used shipping container.

 Plug and play model designed for minimum installation time.

 Installed and working on Food waste, press mud, cheese waste and rabbit manure.

 Manufactured for Spectrum Renewable Energy Ltd., installed and working in 1. Albany,
New Jersey (cheese waste) 2. Sunshine Coast, Brisbane (rabbit manure) 3. Warna
Sugars Ltd. Maharashtra, India (Pressm Mud).
 Project Experience V using packaged
biogas technology

 500 Kgs per day Food waste based Biogas plant. Client – Spectrum Renewable
Energy Pvt Ltd. Installed at Warana Sugar Industries Limited earlier the plant was
installed at Chinchwad at Pratibha International School and College. Scope of work:
Complete International Standard designing, the main purpose of the plant was to test the
samples of waste and it was a totally new concept of Mobile unit which can be shifted to
any place easily. End Utilisation: Thermal Utility
 500 Kgs per day Food waste based Biogas plant - Installed at New Jersey, Client:
Spectrum Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd., Scope of work: Complete designing and concept
designing., End Utilisation: Thermal Utility.
 2000 Kgs per day Biogas Plant - Installed at Australia. Plant will be run and tested
on Rabbit Manure. Client: Spectrum Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd. Scope of Work:
Complete Designing and concept designing. End Utilisation: Thermal Utility.
 500 Kgs per day Biogas Plant on Press Mud

 Installed at Talegaon. Client: Spectrum Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd. Scope of work:
Complete
 Designing, Operation and Maintenance of the plant.
 Low Pressure Water Scrubbing

The raw biogas is enriched with

the help of indigeneous low
pressure water scrubbing
technology
Since the end use point is far
away (around 15 Kms) from the
plant location, the enriched gas,
equivalent to CNG is filled into
cylinder cascades at high pressure
and transported to the canteen for
end use.
Upgraded biogas is also filled in
the vehicle

Biogas enrichment system

at village bakrol, Vadodara, Gujarat
Capacity: 20 cum/hr
Cascade filling
 Vehicle filling

Capacity 20 m3 raw biogas per hour

End use: Cooking
 Why Low Pressure Water Scrubbing?

 Rotary blowers are more reliable than reciprocating

compressors
 Less maintenance
 No lubrication required
 Safe
 No hassles of approval for Low-Scrubb working under 1 barg
 Simplicity in operation
 High instrumentation can be avoided
 No steady state condition to be reached
 Most suitable for rural environment
 Low investment cost
 Gas Analysis Report

Reference No. CENLAB/ CT CENLAB/ CT

-070/2008-09 -111/2008-09  Such high purity gas can
Date 16TH Sept 2008 14th Feb 2009 be used to run CNG fitted
vehicles
Job No HI088 HI171
Sr No. Test Unit Result Result
1 Gross Cal. Value K Cal / SM3 8205 8350  Can be utilized to run
2 Net Cal. Value K Cal / SM3 7387 7518
Natural Gas based Engines
3 Sp. Gravity 0.6227 0.6031
for electricity generation
4 CH4 % By Vol. 91.1 92.71
5 C2H6 % By Vol. NT NT
6 C3H8 % By Vol. NT NT
7 I-C4H10 % By Vol. NT NT Test Conducted at Gujarat Narmada
Valley
8 N-C4H10 % By Vol. NT NT
Fertilizers Company Limited
9 I-C5H12 % By Vol. NT NT
Sample collected from Muni seva Ashram,
10 N-C5H12 % By Vol. NT NT
Bakraol, Vadodara
11 C6H14 % By Vol. NT NT
12 CO2 % By Vol. 5.8 3.46
13 N2 % By Vol. 3.1 3.83
 Conclusion

 Biogas has got an important role to play for social

entrepreneur
 Social engineering is as vital as technology
 THANK YOU

EXCEL ESTATE, VASIER, VALSAD,

GUJARAT - 396001 INDIA

www.excellentrenewable.com
info@excellentrenewable.ocm