Power generation

from rice-husk

Rice-Husk

Presented by:
Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer
S.K.Somaiya College, Mumbai
Electricity
The Social Entrepreneurs

 Ranjeet R Iyer

 S. Vinit

 Nishant Thakkar
Electricity from Rice Husk

 Company Name: Huskicity Pvt. Ltd.

 Preferred Location: Villages of India.

 Need: Under developed villages.

 Purpose: To begin with small scale area.

 Reason for selecting this idea: Many people use
mobile phones and cannot charge.

 Rs.5 spent per person for charging a mobile phone.

 Spend over Rs.1.5k or more per annum on

kerosene.

 Smoke leads to pollution and CO2 emission.

Company Description
 LegalStatus: Huskicity Pvt. Ltd is a
partnership firm involving 3 partners.

 Development stage: Its in initial stage. Will

expand in other rural villages.

 Company funding: Personal savings of 3

partners and rest from borrowings and
grants.
Advantages
 Cheap rice husk: Rs.350-Rs.500 per quintal i.e. 100 kgs.

 Additional income to farmers.

 Ash to cement factory.

 Ash also act as an good insulator.

 Most important: Electricity.

 Employment opportunities.

 Provoke other companies to think in eco-friendly way!

Rice Husk Ash

 Rice husk ash has 80-90% of Silica SiO2.

 Precipitated silica has wide variety of uses.

 Separation of silica from rice husk ash reduces ash

disposal.
Uses of silica from rice husk
ash
 In rubber industry as reinforcing agent.

 Cosmetics.

 In tooth pastes as cleansing agents.

 In food industry as anti-caking agents.

 In water purifiers as ‘purifier’ (used by Tata in Swach

purifier)
Value of Rice husk ash

‘The retail value of 1 ton of rice husk

ash is USD 200 i.e. 1 kg of ash from
rice husk is worth Rs.9-10/-’
Target Market

 Preferably rural areas and remote rural areas.

 Small households.

 Houses near farm.

Competition

 As of now, there seems to be no competitors.

 Preparing for potential competitors.

 Other companies may follow suit.

Marketing Message

“Anaaj ki bijli, Mehnat ki bijli

Sampoorn bijli’’
Diversification

 Gas from Rice husk

 Oil from Rice husk

 Rice husk Stove

Scope

 Rice-India’s staple food, so husk is abundant.

 Husk is either fed to cattle or used with firewood.

 Milling: 78% rice and 22% husk.

 Coal and other forms are depleting.

 Rs. 40 crores for large-scale set up is cheap.

 More eco-friendly.
Market Trend

 A rise in crude oil price may increase the price of

kerosene and diesel.

 Non-conventional sources of energy preferred these

days.

 Comparatively cheaper.

 Electricity problem everywhere.

Clientele

 Rural India has many villages without electricity and

with partial electricity.

 With gadgets increasing, villagers require electricity.

 Education is rising in villages.

 Lifestyle is also improving.

Details of project

 1.5 kgs of rice husk provides 1 kWh of electricity.

 Mini power plants can render 35-100 kWh of electricity.

 Villagers can save 50% of money.

 Smoke from burning used to run engine.

 200 tonnes of emissions of carbon can be saved.

 Less than Rs.50 crores of investment.

Details of project (contd…)
 Using a 60 watt light bulb for one hour consumes
0.06 kWh of electricity.

 60 watt light bulb is on for one hour per day for 30

days, the energy used is:
60 W × 30 h = 1800 W·h = 1.8 kW·h

1.8 kWh per bulb per house for 1 month.

So 2 bulbs per house for 3 hours each for 1 month

will give 21.6 kWh per house per month!
Details of project (contd…)
 So 21.6 (=22) kWh units of power if charged Rs.2.5
per unit will yield Rs.55/-

 Including tax and others, we can charge Rs. 70-80/-

for 22 kWh per month.

 Profit of Rs. 7-10 per house per month!

 Security deposit of Rs.250/- per house will be

charged on a 80% refund basis i.e. Rs. 200 refund.
Slab rate
 Power consumed: 0-15 kWh p.m, Rs. 1.8 per kWh.

 Power consumed: 15-30 kWh p.m, Rs. 2.5 per kWh.

 Power consumed: 30+ kWh p.m, Rs. 3.5 per kWh.

Requirements
 Rice husk

 Water

 Poly Aluminum Chloride

 Filtering tank

 Dematerializing tank

 Electricity

 Boiler

 Various chemicals

 Labor
Risk Assessment

 Problem of convincing some rural

villagers.

 Tax to government.

 Heavy security deposits.

 Employee education: Rural forefront

Corporate Social
Responsibility
After 1st year:

 50-70 kWh of power free per month to local school.

 Monthly once electricity charges exempted for 1

movie in common theatre.

 50% off on charges during R-Day and I-Day

celebrations for a max of 3 hours.
Corporate Social
Responsibility (Contd..)
After 3rd year:

 Free installation of 2 street lights on every street.

 Free power to school will be increased to 100kWh

per month.

 Educating 10-15 girl child every year till 12th std.

Estimated Balance sheet
Note:
 The estimated balance sheet is just a rough
one. It need not be true. So please don’t get
fooled by it.

Ihave taken information from various sites. I

have lost count of it. So I thanks each and
every one of them.
Thank you