Alcohol Technology & Biofuels - Research

Research Projects - Ongoing/Completed

List of ongoing R & D projects

“Recovery of potash from incineration boiler ash” funded by Principle Scientific Adviser to GoI.

“Pre-Clarification of molasses to improve the performance of alcoholic fermentation” funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

“Valorising Waste from Sugar Cane Industries via Innovations in Pre-treatment, Bio-production and Process Intensification (vWa)” funded by Department of Biotechnology through Indo-UK Industrial Waste Challenge.

“Biomethanation of cellulosic waste” VSI funded project.

“Development of bio-digestor for treatment of concentrated (up to 30 % solids) spentwash” VSI funded project.

“Second generation ethanol production through enzymatic route and/or using genetically modified microbial strains” VSI funded project.

“Evaluation of pilot scale plant performance of pre-clarified molasses to improve alcoholic fermentation” funded by Principle Scientific Adviser to GoI


List of R & D projects completed

“Glycerol production by fermentation” funded by the Sugar Development Fund, Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of India.

“Improving efficiency of alcoholic fermentation using zeolites” VSI-NCL collaborative project.

“Development of Guidelines for Water Conservation in Distilleries” funded by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

“Performance evaluation of bio-digesters and treatability studies on two-stage aeration system for distillery effluent” funded by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

“Use of different agro-wastes as filler material for bio-composting with distillery spent wash” funded by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

“Development of thermotolerant yeast strains for alcoholic fermentation” VSI funded project.

“Development of Standards and Guidelines for Grain based distillery waste in India” funded by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

Studies on improving molasses quality and effect of sludge, Ca, VFA, SO2 content and microbial count of molasses on fermentation process” VSI funded project.

“Controlling bacterial and wild yeast contamination in molasses fermentation” VSI funded project.

“Design and Development of a microcontroller based Auto-titrator system for estimation of some sugars in sugar and distillery industries” funded by the Sugar Development Fund, Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of India.

“Cellulosic ethanol production through syngas route” funded by the Sugar Development Fund, Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies, Government of India.

“Pre-clarification of molasses to improve the performance of alcoholic fermentation” funded by PSA to GoI.