| Sanction Date: | 31-03-2016 | ||||
| Project Category | MG | ||||
| Year | 2015-2016 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years | ||||
| BTA : | Handling of Hazardous substances | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: |
The project site deals with Kumaun and Garhwal Himalayas. |
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| Organization/ Implementation Agency: | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center, Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital | ||||
| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
| 1. | Priyogank (NGO),Nainital,Uttrakhand | Awareness programs. | |||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Nanda Gopal Sahoo Nanoscience and Nanotechnology center Department of Chemistry Kumaun University, Nainital |
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| Project Brief Description: | Plastic waste is one of municipal solid waste that has become serious problem in most developing countries including India due to its non-biodegradable nature. On the other hand, the manufacturing of plastic not only shows hazardous effects on the ecosystem but also depicts energy crises with the consumption of fossil fuels. This project therefore is a sincere effort in order to eliminate the problems caused by plastics by using synthesize carbon nanomaterials such as Graphene, carbon nanotubes, high value added fuel and additives for the concrete mixture. Thus, this project is not only focuses on plastic management but also focuses on successful conversion of it into value added products (i.e. organic solar cell, materials for road), which may later be exploited for many other applications ranging from energy conversion and storage, biomedical applications such as drug discovery and delivery and many more. The synthesised products can overcome from the problem of fossil fuel, thus reducing both deforestation and energy crises. The major outcomes of the project area: optimized method to synthesize CNMs, value added fuel and concrete at very low prices. New waste management technologies, 15 Research Papers, 3 Ph.D., 2 Patents. | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | • R&D institutions, Universities • Researchers in Kumaun University • Municipality, individual, private sectors, industries, etc. |
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| Activity Chart (For 3 years) | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs.1,97,88,800 /-( Rupees one crore ninety seven thousand eighty eight thousand eight hundred only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| To synthesis Graphene from the plastic waste for the energy and biomedical applications and to develop new cheaper and greener techniques for the mass production of Graphene from plastic waste. | Establishment of new waste processing plant functional at pilot scale with specific capacity | New processing plant established. |
| Conversion and collection of the fuel from the plastic waste for the automobile and other similar industrial applications using the same, by using specially design multipurpose incinerator (furnace) | 15 Peer reviewed research Papers | Quantity of solid waste processed ( kg/ day) |
| As the secondary stage plastic (semi liquid plastic) to be utilized for making additives for high standard concrete | 3 Ph.D. students with the hardcore training on the plastic waste management. | Publications of knowledge products (No.) |
| To conduct the awareness programs at the various region of project site to aware the community of that site about the hazardous effect of plastics by NGO | 2 Patents to be obtained | Municipality/ Community groups trained (Nos) |
| Optimized method to synthesize CNMs, value added fuel and concrete at very low prices. | Awareness camps/ programs organized (Nos.) |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Manoj Karakoti | M.Sc., NET-LS | JRF | 27,500 |
| 2. | Gaurav | M.Sc., NET-LS | JRF | 27,500 |
| 3. | Chetna Tewari | M.Sc., NET-LS | JRF | 27,500 |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Details | Cost (in INR) | Sanctioned budget |
| 1. | TGA | Used to check the physical & chemical change of the materials as function of increasing temperature or a function of time. | 16,42,165.47 | Rs. 40 Lakh (TGA-DSC) |
| 2. | DSC | Used to measure melting temperature, heat of fusion, latent heat of melting , reaction energy, glass temperature, denaturisation temperature and also specific heat | 16,69,438.83 | |
| 3. | UTM | To test the tensile stress & compressive strength of materials. | 3,04,500.00 | Rs. 3 Lakh |
| 4. | OVEN | Drying the samples | 98,775.00 | Rs. 1 Lakh |
| 5. | DIGITAL VISCOSITY METER | Used to measure the viscosity of a fluid | 3,20,250 | Rs. 2 Lakh |
| 6. | BOMB CALORIMETER | Determination of enthalpy of combustion for fuel. | 2,81,152 | Rs. 5 lakh |
| 7. | SWAYAMBHU-WRM-2021 | Recycling of waste plastic | 64,00,000 | Rs. 50 Lakh |
| 8. | ULTRASONICATOR | Used for ultrasonic bath, and for the synthesis of nanoparticles | 99,500 | Rs. 1 Lakh |
