CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), which had indigenously developed high rate bio-methanation technology-based Anaerobic Gaslift Reactor (AGR) for the generation of biogas and bio-manure from organic waste, has now successfully demonstrated that it can be re-modelled to convert dry leaves into a ‘soil conditioner’.
This method, called Accelerated Anaerobic Composting (ACC), ensure that only a bio-manure is generated, not the biogas. “This is a much simpler process, four times cheaper and does not require much expertise. It only needs RCC structure and pits without any big machinery,” explained CSIR-IICT chief scientist A. Gangagni Rao on Sunday.
The ₹7.5-lakh 500-kg capacity ACC ‘demonstration’ reactor was established in a gated community, Maple Town Villas, at Sun City in Bandlaguda on request of the residents’ association and is said to be working well for the past couple of months, generating about 10 tonnes of soil conditioner.
