Evonik India aims to support turning organic waste into green energy sources

Chandigarh, July 12, 2022: “With SEPURAN Green, Evonik India aims to support turning organic waste into green energy sources like biomethane, simply and sustainably. Evonik India is committed to supporting the initiative of the SATAT scheme, in line with the goals of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, and Swachh Bharat Mission through its membrane technology SEPURAN Green,”

Aashish Maheshwari, Evonik India’s technical expert from high performance polymer business stated this while addressing a virtual press conference to share key insights on its innovative polymer-based membrane technology for efficient separation and purification of biogas on Tuesday.

He further said that the highly selective SEPURAN Green membrane in combination with the patented three-stage separation process, recycling streams can be minimized which helps to optimize the energy costs of biogas processing plants and only need one compression step. With this technology, Evonik is not only making the upgrading process as efficient and economical as possible but also helping to conserve resources and protect the environment.

He said that Biogas is produced by microbial fermentation of biomass like corn, or from effluent sludge or liquid manure. Following separation of various minor components like water vapour, hydrogen sulphide, and particularly CO2, the biogas can then be used commercially, in the gas grid, in combined heat and power plants, and as alternative fuel at filling stations.

SEPURAN Green technology can handle multiple feedstock options such as agricultural waste (e.g. paddy straw), Press mud from sugar industry, cattle dung, poultry waste, municipal Solid Waste (MSW), wastewater treatment plants and landfill, he informed.
Under the SATAT initiative, the Government of India envisages setting up of 5000 compressed biogas (CBG) plants by 2023-24 with a production target of 15 million metric tonnes, facilitating new employment opportunities and enhancing farmers' income towards invigorating the rural economy said  Aashish adding Evonik’s membrane technology ‘SEPURAN Green’ supports the Indian Government initiatives to develop renewable energy and ensure national energy security while boosting the MSME sector.