‘Zero Waste Energy’-Habitats

of Future

Presented at
‘Net Zero-Energy Building’ Seminar
organised by USAID PACE-D Project, India
N Delhi, May 17, 2013

Dr G C Datta Roy
CEO, Development Environergy Services Limited (DESL)
New Delhi
 Green Habitats
“They grow organically in and from their place, integrating people within
the rest of the natural world; do no harm to their occupants or to the
earth; foster more diverse and abundant life than they borrow; take less
than they give back. Achieving all this hand in hand with functionality and
profitability requires a level of design integration that is not merely a
technical task but an aesthetic and spiritual challenge.
There is a name for this challenge. Years ago, biologist Bill McLarney was
inventing some advanced aquaculture at the New Alchemy Institute in
Costa Rica. He was stirring a tank of algae one day when a brassy lady
from North America strode in and demanded, “Why are you standing there
stirring that green goop, when what really matters in the world is love?”
Bill thought for a minute and replied, “Well, there’s theoretical love; and
then there’s applied love”—and kept on stirring. Today’s best real estate
developments, and the reasons we create them, are that application.”

The natural capitalism-RMI

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DESL & Alternate Energy

Enabled energy Designed and

saving of approx Due Diligence
Engineered Designed and 400,000 LPD
200 MW in & Project
over 500 MW engineered solar water
commercial development
buildings,
of biomass 22 MW solid heating in
for 250 MW
industries and based power waste to industrial
of
municipal plants and energy plant processes
hydropower
facilities cogeneration

3 million tons of GHG emissions off-set

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Introducing DESL
 Waste-Unexplored Wealth
Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Reform

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Moving Towards a Sustainable WM System
Present To be

Array of small &

Poorly organized, large sustainable
land guzzling systems
unhygienic •Home
unsustainable •Community
•Ecopolis

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Home System

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Home System

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Community System

Sustainable Habitats

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 Large Ecopolis Systems
Biomethanation/Composting

RDF

Combustion

Gasification
Biomethanation
MSW Pre-processing
(Separation of non-biodegradable)

Add water Shredding & crushing

Add water Slurry preparation

Digester Dewatering

Heater Compost
Gas

gin
En

Lowest specific cost, garbage management practices,

compost market, segregation, land requirement 10
 RDF
Size reduction Receipt & handling Manual removal-recyclable

Screening
Density separation
Pre & post drying
Metal removal
Inert reduction Primary Shredder Removing metals
Trommel

Ballistic separator Secondary Shredder

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Cost ratio for different systems has been as high as 1:10
 Drying

Hot Air Generator Dryer Finished RDF

Preparatory need different for different conversion technologies

RDF, a commercial fuel for many applications (Boilers, Kilns, pellets)

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 Combustion

Storage, handling, homogenization &

feeding crane High capacity grab bucket

Remote operation of grab crane Furnace monitoring for feed control

Minimum investment on fuel preparation, most flexible, proven technology, 13
high cost of incinerator, higher chances of harmful pollution
New Technology-Gasification
2 7
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Heater
Gas
Clean
3 6 8 Up
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GE
Syngas G
Media Reformer

9 Steam
MSW
Hot gas WHR HAG
4 5
12 15

Pyrolyser
RDF MSW Pre-processing
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Char Comb 17 16
1 ustor Inert, Recyclable, Lichette
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India Gasification Plant under Commissioning
MSW preparatory system Dryer

Dry RDF conveyor Fuel silo Gasifier Flare tower

Engine generator

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Technology-MSW Quality Compliance
Technology Compatibility Restrictive/Harmful
Biomethanation Food wastes, green Non-paper fibres,
wastes, excrements, plastics, metals, glass,
paper, higher CN ratio inerts
Pyrolysis, gasification All fibres, Metals extremely
moisture<15%, harmful, inerts
consistency
RDF All fibres, low moistures Plastics particularly PVC,
inerts
Incineration Flexible PVC, inerts

PVC, moisture & inerts are the common problems-need for

preparatory technology; simple for incineration to highly
sophisticated for gasification

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 Drivers for Future
Technology
• Parallel development of micro & large scale technologies
Policy
• Regulatory
• Fiscal & Monetary
Land pressure
Increased market demand for green habitat

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 Thank You
G C Datta Roy
Chief Executive Officer
Development Environergy Services Limited
(Formerly Dalkia Energy Services Ltd)
# 819, 8th Floor, Antriksh Bhawan
22, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001
Tel-+91 11 4079 1107 Fax-+91 11 4079 1101
Mob-+91 95829 40363
gdr@deslenergy.com
www.deslenergy.com

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