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10th WFCFD conference |
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Theme: Crystallization, Filtration and Drying
Venue: Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Dates: February 25, 26 & 27th, 2016 |
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Innovative Project Award 100,000 USD |
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Innovative Project Award 100,000 USD Winner: Mr. Vaibhav Tidke, Ph.D Tech. from Prof. B. N. Thorat Lab.
Solar-powered Grain dryer: Vaibhav Tidke of Institute of Chemical Technology won Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Innovative Project Award 100,000 USD to develop a mobile, solar-powered grain dryer that would double the storage life of harvested crops to reduce spoilage and significantly reduce the time women spend working in the fields. |
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Dell Social Innovation Award 60,000 USD |
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Dell Social Innovation Award 60,000 USD
The winning team comprising two students from Prof. B. N. Thorat's lab, Shital Somani and Vaibhav Tidke from Mumbai, was adjudged the grand prize winner received $60,000 grand prize at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC 2013) for its project Solar Conduction Dryer. The project aims at addressing the 20 to 30 percent food spoilage rate for poor rural Indian farmers via cost-effective dehydrators powered by solar conduction. The innovation will enable farmers to keep more of their crops and sell dehydrated fruits and vegetables as another income source.
Shortlisted from more than 2,600 projects ideas that addressed issues impacting more than 110 countries, five finalists convened in Austin this week to compete for the cash prize as part of the DSIC. |
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Mr. Ganesh Bhere and Professor B. N. Thorat awarded Best Poster Presentation on Screw Conveyor Dryer |
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Mr. Ganesh Bhere and Professor B. N. Thorat awarded the Best Poster Presentation on Screw Conveyor Dryer at 18th International Drying Symposium at Xiamin, China during 11 to 15th November 2012.
Poster Title: TECHNO-COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY OF SLUDGE DRYING USING
SCREW CONVEYOR DRYER
Abstract: Thermal drying of sludge is gaining popularity to reduce the numerous problems associated with its handling and disposal. Despite being many types of dryers available for sludge drying, market demands innovative drying technologies that can be cost-effective as well. With this in mind, a novel Screw Conveyor Dryer (SCD) has been designed for the drying of viscous industrial sludge with moisture content as high as 85 wt %. SCD consist of a jacketed cylinder which houses hollow shaft and piping arrangement to transport the drying medium from jacket
and hollow shaft into the main dryer body. The dryer can utilize both modes of heat transfer, i.e. conductive and convective modes of heat transfer thus making design thermally more efficient. An arrangement of radial mixers and lifters on scre shaft at reg lar inter al minimizes the agglomeration of sl dge This extremely important feat re increases agitation and heat transfAn screw regular interval sludge. feature transfer to deal with stickiness of sludge. A procedure for the design of SCD is presented here with an example for drying of 100 kg/hr sludge using different heating media such as flue gas and condensing steam. Thermal drying of sludge is a very energy intensive process and hence it need to be justified economically. An attempt has been made to work out the economics of sludge drying for Indian scenario. It can be concluded from the results obtained through calculations that sludge drying using a novel SCD is technically as well as commercially feasible. |
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