WATER MANAGEMENT

JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN-2019

Solar Powered Electrocoagulation

Student Team
Zubia Shaikh
Karishma Katpitia

Professor Incharge
Dr. Binoj Kutty

St. Xavier’s College(Autonomous)

Mumbai
IDEA
 Design and develop equipment
• To perform electrocoagulation
• Recycle Grey Water
• Tap Renewable Energy for the same
THE PROCESS
TARGET AUDIENCE & MARKET

 Domestic waste
• Housing colonies
• Residential Buildings
• Educational Institutions
• Hotels
 Industrial waste
• Textile dye rich effluents
• Sugar Cane distillery effluents
 EC Process Design
Greywater Collection
tank Sand filter Carbon filter
10k litres

EC Process Water stored

10k litres for reuse

For flushing and

Sludge
gardening, floor cleaning
disposal tank
90% water reused
10% water
removed
EXPERIMENTS DONE IN THE LAB
PARAMETERS
SUCH AS
VOLTAGE ,
CURRENT,
CONDUCTIVITY
WERE
VARIED TO
UNDERSTAND
THE
EXPERIMENT
BETTER
 ELECTROCOAGULATION UNIT

• Power Supply : 135 V , 2 A (DC)

• Aluminum Electrodes: 100 x 50 x 10(mm)
• Capacity : 1.3 kL/hour
• Daily requirement: 10,000 L
• Daily EC Unit running
time 7.7 hours(~8 hours)
CHOSEN TARGET AUDIENCE & WHY?

St. Xavier’s College(Autonomous), Mumbai

>Water Shortage
>Water purchased
3 months= INR 40,000/-

>Grey Water From College Hostel

12,000 L per day
>Requirement for Flushes from Hostel
About 6000 L per day

Details obtained from College Administrator

ALTERNATIVES
• Phytoremediation
• Soil Biotechnology
• Membrane Filter (reverse osmosis)
• Activated Sludge Treatment
• Plain Aeration followed by Filtration
• Chemical precipitation followed by
Filtration.
 Advantages of Electrocoagulation
Economic Cost effective
20% - 40% subsidy for using RTS
(Rooftop Solar)

Environmental Recycling of water

No extra chemicals to be added
Dependency on conventional
Electricity reduced
Salt content is low
Microbial load reduced considerably
Advantages of Electrocoagulation

Social Freshwater dependency reduced

Rural areas benefited
Treated water safe for contact

Technological Low reaction time

Simple operation and management
Silent operation

Sustainability Fresh water usage reduced

Use of solar reduces dependency on
conventional electricity
 Maintenance
• Regular monitoring
• Replacement of sacrificial electrodes
half yearly.
• Aluminium electrodes could be recycled
• Sludge from the process can be used as
manure.
• Therefore, no waste product to be
generated from the process.
 ACTION PLAN

Prototype design
and test Construction Operation

• Engineers
• Environmental • Maintenance
• Plumbers
Engineers and workers
• Electricians
Scientists
• Regulatory
compliances
 COSTS
ITEMS COST(INR)
Tanks(4), Pipes, Valves 57,520
DC Power Supply 10,000

Electrodes 5,000
Labour 3000
TOTAL CAPITAL COST 75,520
OPERATING COST 4320
(includes sludge
collection)
 Measures of Profitability

Net Annual Uniform Savings

=Cost Recovered by Recycled Water(Savings in
water purchase)- Annual Depriciation Cost of EC
system –Annual Operating Cost)
=22950- (75520-0)/12-4320
=19986
 Net Present Value
Assuming Rate of Interest=10%
• PV of Cash Inflows • PV of Cash Outflows
= 19986 ∑12 (1+0.1)t =75520+7660/(1+0.1)6
t=1 +7660/(1+0.1)12
=19986X 6.782 • =81809
=135,549.57
NPV = PV of Cash Inflows - PV of Cash Outflows
=135,549.57 - 81809
=53740
Resultant NPV>0, the pollution abatement option is
financially viable
 Profitability Index

• PI= PV of Cash Inflows/PV of Cash Outflows

PI = 135,549.57/81809
PI= 1.65

Since PI > 1, this pollution abatement option is

financially viable.
 Thank you

Thank you
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• RECTOR – FR. KEITH
• PRINCIPAL- DR. RAJENDRA SHINDE
• PROF IN CHARGE- DR. BINOJ KUTTY
• ADMINISTRATOR – MR.KAMAL
• DEPT OF LIFE SCIENCES(ST XAVIERS COLLEGE)
• MENTOR- MS SHRIYA BHATIA
• EKONNECT FOUNDATION
• U.S. CONSULATE
• Treating Sugar Cane Industry Effluents
Existing Treatments in Most Plants
Less Feasible
Less Accessible

Could be included later

Reference :
Called up industries in Belgaum

WATER SHORTAGE
3 months
2199 kL costs INR 20,000 (BMC)
100kl costs INR 20,000 (Private Tanker)

Source:(https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/private-water-tankers-doing-
brisk-business/article6160502.ece)