Innovative solution for Wastewater Treatment

“The next world war will be fought over water”- Steven Solomon

LOCUS

Manoj Kumar MandeliaFounder

Canopus India

Introduction

• Canopus India is a start up at its seed stage, germinated at the backyards of IIT Kharagpur.

• Founded by Manoj Kumar Mandelia B. Tech Dual Degree, IIT Kharagpur

and co founded by Mohan Yama Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur and Prateek Kumar Jain B. Tech Dual Degree, IIT Kharagpur .

• We offer special expertise in Water and Effluent Treatment and other Environmental Technology, Water and Waste Minimization.

• Extensively covered in many Indian newspaper and magazines

Need for Wastewater treatment

30%

70%

Residential Wastewater in India

Wastewater treated

Left Untreated

(10 Billion Gallons per day generated)

5 MGD of wastewater discharge by large industries

Above 1 MGD big players enterTypical cost $1 million

0.01-0.05 MGD generated by Small &Medium Enterprises26 million such enterprises

Low Volume High Volume

Market

Our target market will be those companies or sectors that have some or all of the following characteristics:

• Industries shut down due to acute shortage of water• seeking for technical expertise and low cost, small volume wastewater management• seek to obtain ISO 9001 status in the ensuing years• been targeted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India and State Pollution Control

Boards• Equipment manufacturers who want to do products and seek technical expertise• Equipment manufacturing firms who want to expand and scale up

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Total Wastewater generation

$4bn$6bn

$12.2bn

$25bn

68% ~ $3bn

4% ~ $1.2bn

5% ~ $0.9bn

1% ~ 0.3bn

22%

Domestic

Pulp & Paper

Textile

Sugar

Others

Sector wise distribution of wastewater

Consulting to Process

Industries

Plant Audit at Engineer Level

Design of treatment Plants

Integration of waste-water-resource-

energy

Absence of key players

Market Demand Driven

Consulting to Equipment

Manufacturers

Capacity Building

Training of Staff

Market PenetrationInnovative process

engineering

Need for proper experts for industrial

solutions

2 collaborations established

Product Development

Initial development in process (LOCUS)

Technical expertise available

Need for innovative products

BIPP grant of 4.7 crores in final stage

for LOCUS

Technical fee + Revenue sharing

model

IP generator

Business Verticals

Our Solutions

Water audit

Impact analysis

Measuring and analysing

Wastewater treatment

Technology validation

Testing facilities

Waste prevention

Recycling waste

Energy recuperation

Waste processing

Waste policy support

Sustainability

Wastewater

Resources

Energy

Our Uniqueness

• We attempt to subdue the cause – limit generation of large volumes of wastewater by optimizing the manufacturing process

• We see value in waste – by studying the process, we try to analyze possible means of recovery of by-products of commercial value

• We innovate in the design, and give multiple options for the client to select

• We help equipment understand their business verticals and streamline operations

• We help bridge gap between R&D institutions & industrial needs through product development

• We do end to end product development through collaborations with our technical expertise

Executive Team

CEO, Mr. Manoj Kumar Mandelia

•B-Tech & M-Tech, Biochemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

•Implemented waste management projects in 3 villages in India

•Youngest recipient of the ‘top 20 innovators of India’ awarded by MIT Technology Review magazine

Manager, R&D – Mr. Mohan Yama

•PhD, Bioprocess technology engineering, IIT Kharagpur

•Internships in waste management

•Responsible for new product development

Manager, Business Operations - Mr. Prateek Kumar Jain

•Food Engineering & MBA, IIT Kharagpur

•Knowledge and fundamentals in financial issues

•Held key management positions at IIT Kharagpur

•Waste water management targeting SMSEs

•A team of engineers from IIT Kharagpur from diverse streams:

Civil EngineeringMechanical EngineeringChemical EngineeringBio-Chemical EngineeringProcess Engineering

•Started operations in May 2010

Awards & Recognitions

Manoj Mandelia, the CEO collected the honor of being a part of the “top 20

innovators of India” by MIT Technology Review magazine for an efficient wastewater

treatment strategy and technology

The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition award By Cicero, A Trans

National Advisory

The BEST award by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India and Association of

Biotech Led Enterprises (ABLE)

Conventional Treatment Process (For (Sewage/Industrial Organic Contaminates)Wastewater

from source

Pre-Treatment

Primary Treatment

Aerobic/ Anaerobic

Settling Tank

Disinfection Tank

Effluent water after treatment

By Products Bio Gas

Sludge Digester

Chlorination

Air

Microbial Fuel Cell

Proton Exchange

membrane

Anode Cathode

bacte

ria

Oxidation

products

(CO2)

Fuel

(wastes)

e-

e-

O2

H2O

H+

Salient Features

• Single Chamber MFC

• Produces 50000 KWhr of electricity per unit of 100KL every year

• Qualifies for Clean Development Mechanism with potential to earn 554 CER’s per unit every year

Left – Designed MFCRight – MFC 10L capacity

Integrated System of Sewage Treatment & Electricity Generation

Wastewater from source

Pre-Treatment

Primary Treatment

Microbial Fuel Cell (Secondary

Treatment)

Settling Tank

Disinfection Tank

Effluent water after treatment

By Products (Green

Electricity)

Sludge Digester

Chlorination

Product Differentiation

S. No Parameter MFC Conventional AD

1 Electricity Generation Direct Conversion of organic matter

Indirect through CH4

2 Temperature Range 20 to 50 30 – 60

3 Ideal Substrate Low strength COD; Complex compound like starch, cellulose and even light is a potential candidate

High strength COD; Well suited for simple Carbohydrates

4 Power Output (Theoretical)

4 kWh/ kg CODred 1 kWh/ kg CODred

5 Average Power Density 100 – 250 W/m3 400 W/m3

6 Limiting Factors Biocatalyst, Electron Transfer, Internal Resistance

Biocatalyst, Gas/Liquid/Solid phase separation, Temperature

Advantages of MFC Treatment process

Direct generation of Green Electricity

Sustainability: Treatment Plants can practically disconnect from the grid

Small Packaged Systems (Decentralized Power generation)

High efficiency of Conversion

No air required hence no requirement of blower/compressor etc.

Scalability

Modularity

Retrofit: MFC can be installed into existing wastewater treatment tanks, with only minor changes to the infrastructure.

No odor/ foul smelling etc.

Safety & Health

Intellectual Property Status

• Canopus India hold the provisional patent for the technology, process and delivery model of LOCUS.

• The uniqueness of the product lies in-– Engineering design

• Gas Diffusion Layer for oxygen reduction

• Easily alterable engineering design for different treatment purposes

– Materials used for cathode and anode

• Graphite fiber brush anodes for higher power output

– Replacement of costly membrane

• Expensive Nafion® membrane replaced by cheaper anion exchange membranes/ glass wool/ earthen clay

Work Plan

• Feasibility studies on domestic wastewater and various industrial effluents

• Development of suitable microbial strain or a consortium of microorganisms.

• Optimization of various physico-chemical properties for maximum treatment efficiency and power generation.

• To design and develop a scaled up prototype based on simulations and modelling on already reported lab-scale prototypes.

Objective 1: Lab Scale Trail & Feasibility

(10 litre Model)

• To fabricate and build up the first pilot plant with a capacity of 1000 litres and test the plant in field conditions

Objective 2: Field Scale trail

(1000 litre)

Work Plan

• Scale up to commercial pilot scale of size 10,000 L

• Testing on different effluents at plant site

• Development of electrical systems to store power

• Experimentation of MFC with existing wastewater treatment technologies to optimize the delivery

Objective 3: Field Scale Feasibility

(10,000 litre)

• Development of model for 100 KL/day

• Assessment of operative performance over the conventional system in terms of energy generation, treatment efficiency and system stability.

Objective 4: Model for 100 KL/day &

Delivery Model for the developed

technology

Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4

Schedule of Development

0 24 32 Time scale in months

36

Current Status

• We are currently working with the following companies in waste water treatment industry, providing them technical and commercial consultancy:– Enhanced WAPP systems Pvt. Ltd.

– Chempure Technologies

• We have also worked with following companies and provided them assistance in treating their waste water:– Sri Venkata Raman Oil Pvt. Ltd.

– Radico India

• We have also partnered with Enhanced WAPP systems to develop LOCUS under BIPP, funding program by Govt. Of India

Future Plans

• We have started operation in May 2010 from IIT Kharagpur campus and has received an overwhelming response.

• We wish to start our full time operations from Delhi by setting up a corporate office and expanding our work force.

• We are actively entering into partnership with companies in waste water treatment industry to share our expertise to develop innovative products

• We are in the finalizing stage of talks with potential angel investors to get funded.

Thank You