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IIT-KGP researchers develop tech for solid waste management
    Kolkata, Aug 1 (PTI) A research team at IIT Kharagpur
has developed a technology which can generate energy from
solid waste with high moisture content.
    The new technology - Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC)
- can convert municipal solid waste to biofuel, soil amendment
and absorbents, the premier institute said in a statement.
    Lead researcher Brajesh Kumar Dubey said the key to
the success of the technology in Indian conditions lies in
designing proper industrial scale reactor with improved heat
integration system.
    "The moisture in the waste is used to the advantage of
the process which uses water for the reaction. The biofuel
generated as the recovered output can help curb air
pollution," Dubey explained.
    The technology can be used by the civic bodies to
effectively manage solid waste, he maintained.
    Once the organic waste is entered into the process,
the "outputs generated are all usable", Sagarika Panigrahi,
another member of the research team, said.
    "All outputs can be used for one purpose or the other,
including the water which can be converted to biogas or
methane," she added. PTI SUS
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