Gasifier Crematorium at Najundapuram Area

Budget : 48 Lakhs

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) converted the then existing Biomass Gasifier Crematorium as LPG run gasifier crematorium in 2010 for cremation purposes. The Municipal Corporation Council evinced keen interest to Operate and Maintain (O&M) the above mentioned Gasifier Crematorium (Kayantha Sthanam Cremation Services) through PPP mode by entrusting the work to Isha Foundation, a Non-profit and spiritual organization located in Coimbatore. Initially, the operator used to consume about 4 commercial LPG cylinders (19 kg each) for cremation of an average of 5 dead bodies a day. This amounted to a daily expenditure of Rs. 4,180. Thus, about 120 LPG cylinders was consumed on a monthly basis on an average. However, the operator collected only Rs.1750 for a single cremation from the public. In order to bring down the cost, the CCMC initiated an innovative project in 2015 by installing a kitchen waste based biogas plant of 100 cu. m capacity in the crematorium premises. Kitchen waste amounting to 1.36 MT per day is collected daily from the households, hotels and restaurants in and around the Nanjundapuram area and processed in this plant. The food waste collected from the households and hotels are pulverized and transferred into the feeding tank. Adequate water is mixed with this material. The pulverized food wastes are then fed into the digester by means of a feed pump where digestion takes place. The gas produced is then passed through the scrubbers in which the hydrogen sulphide is removed. The biogas generated after purification is stored in a balloon made of polypropylene. The purified methane gas produced in the biogas plant is charged into the crematorium’s burner as fuel along with the regular LPG cylinders and used for cremation.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Ownership : Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Know More : commr.coimbatore@tn.gov.in

Connect : commr.coimbatore@tn.gov.in

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Solid Waste Management Practices in Urban India

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