Snippets from the Bioconversion project at BERC, IIT Delhi from 1974-1984.
Biochemical research centre building at IIT Delhi completed in 1969
Pilot-scale plant for the production of 95% ethanol from bioconversion of cellulosic material 500 liters per 24 hours.
Pilot-scale bioreactor for production of 500 litres 95% ethanol for every 24 hours
Calibration of the pilot-scale plant
Pumping unit for the flow of temperature and pump nutrient in the pilot-scale plant.
Steam generation unit for the pilot-scale plant
Rapid Ethanol fermentation in a 300 litres bioreactor.
Preparation of raw material from rice straw.
Circuit and controls of pilot-scale plant
Bioconversion process analysed and controlled by computer
Biochemical research centre staff at IIT Delhi.
ANUJ TYAGI and Abhinav Tyagi. 12 August 2019, "Program for the bioconversion of cellulosic material for fuel, energy and protein", STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 20 August 2019, accessed 25 April 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/program-bioconversion-cellulosic-material-fuel-energy-and-protein
