Urban Organic Waste as a Source of Bioenergy for Electricity Generation in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is essential as it impacts health, the environment, and aesthetic society if it is not managed correctly. Hence improving the quality and standard of living. There is an urgent requirement to neutralize the waste and the best possible solution for organic waste. It can be used to generate biofuels and utilized to generate electricity. The production of energy from waste depends on organic waste, so the energy potential of Bhopal city has been categorized into different sectors such as Urban Organic Solid Waste (UOSW), Pulp & Paper, Cattle, and Poultry, in which UOSW is 42% and, the Urban Organic Liquid Waste (UOLW) 25%, Cattle 23%, Poultry 2% and Pulp & Paper 8%. The UOSW has been analysed, and it has been categorized in Slaug (1%), Organic Solid waste (33%), Poultry (3%), and Cattle (63%), and the UOLW in Slaug (1%), UOLW (98.9%), and paper and pulp (0.10%). Total waste generated in Bhopal per day is 1123 TPD of which, 54.3% is organic waste that we can use to generate biofuel, i.e., 609 TPD, which can generate 165MW energy per day.