STUDY OF POWER GENERATION FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AT TIMARPUR OKHLA WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANT, DELHI

Abstract

ABSTRACT With the advancement in technology the power consumption is rising steadily. This necessitates that in addition to the existing source of power such as coal, water, petroleum etc. other sources of energy should be searched out and new and more efficient ways of producing energy should be devised. Power generation from municipal solid waste becomes attractive way for energy generation due to their high energy potential and less pollutants. Energy generation from waste uses municipal solid waste as fuel and helps in finding a solution for some of present biggest challenges for society like greenhouse gas reduction, dependence on fossil fuels and generates clean and renewable electricity. Present work deals with study of various waste to energy generation processes. Timarpur Okhla Integrated Waste processing plant generates clean and renewable energy. It reduces dependence on conventional sources of energy which are reducing day by day. This plant reduces greenhouse gas emissions so it is generating environmental friendly energy. This plant is sustainable solution to waste management problems. In this report efficiency of this plant is being calculated and a proposal is suggested to improve the efficiency of the plant. The results & discussion of the experimental work have been outlined in chapter 5 of the thesis From results it is found that if we use reheating and bleed steam for closed feed water heating then thermodynamic efficiency and net work output per unit mass flow rate increases. The conclusion derived from present project work has been presented in Chapter 6 of this thesis.