Chennai : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has developed and deployed an indigenous Municipal Solid Waste Combustor Pilot Plant at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Factory in Trichy. The plant is based on a first-of-its-kind ‘Rotary Furnace Technology’ which efficiently helps to process the unsegregated Municipal Solid Waste. The new unit was inaugurated by V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras. The unit has the facility to process up to one ton of unsegregated municipal solid waste (MSW) and can generate steam as the main output along with clean gaseous emissions and ash as a by-product, as per the IIT Madras statement. This IIT Madras project is a part of the Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana project funded by BHEL and the Union Ministry of Education. It was developed by IIT Madras Researchers at National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD). This plant also plays a key enabling role in ‘Swachh Bharat Mission,” IIT Madras release reads. Talking about the project and its inauguration, Kamakoti said, “Waste Management is becoming an important issue that necessitates solutions that can scale and also help in quick and safe disposal. The first-of-its-kind Solid Waste Combustor developed by IIT Madras not only addresses the scale and safe disposal issues, but also generates heat resulting in a waste-to-wealth creation.”Chennai : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has developed and deployed an indigenous Municipal Solid Waste Combustor Pilot Plant at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Factory in Trichy. The plant is based on a first-of-its-kind ‘Rotary Furnace Technology’ which efficiently helps to process the unsegregated Municipal Solid Waste. The new unit was inaugurated by V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras. The unit has the facility to process up to one ton of unsegregated municipal solid waste (MSW) and can generate steam as the main output along with clean gaseous emissions and ash as a by-product, as per the IIT Madras statement. This IIT Madras project is a part of the Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana project funded by BHEL and the Union Ministry of Education. It was developed by IIT Madras Researchers at National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD). This plant also plays a key enabling role in ‘Swachh Bharat Mission,” IIT Madras release reads. Talking about the project and its inauguration, Kamakoti said, “Waste Management is becoming an important issue that necessitates solutions that can scale and also help in quick and safe disposal. The first-of-its-kind Solid Waste Combustor developed by IIT Madras not only addresses the scale and safe disposal issues, but also generates heat resulting in a waste-to-wealth creation.”