Mandya District Biofuel Research, Information & Demonstration Centre (BRIDC) was established on 20.06.2012, in association with Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board, (KSBDB), Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board issued a grant of about Rs. 45 lakhs to the centre with Dr. L.Prasanna Kumar, Professor and Head, Department of Geology as the first Project coordinator.
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The following products are available at the centre at a reasonable rate
Under bioenergy webinar series we have conducted the following webinars
Already we have guidednumerous UG students’ projects on biofuels. Our ongoing projects are:
We are going to collect bio fuel seeds like Pongamia, Simarouba, Neem, Mahu, Jathropa, Ashoka tree directly from farmers giving reasonable rate for this then we are crushing these seeds we will get oil and bio fuel cake. This bio fuel cake can use for agricultural purpose, act as a good manure. From this oil about 50lits of oil we undergone the process of Esterification & Trans esterification process by this the viscosity of the oil get reduced the final product Bio Diesel. This bio diesel is directly used as a fuel for different vehicles and blended with normal diesel. We are also generating Biodiesel from Used Cooking oil. We have tested with different proportions and observed the performance of engine & emission. We are selling diesel @ the cost of Rs. 65/=, But market rate is about Rs.78/=. Lot of peoples are using this bio diesel vehicle and every day peoples are purchasing this diesel. Apart from these farmers are using bio fuel cakes (Neem & Pongamia) for agricultural land. Around 100 liters of bio diesel is generated for a day. We also developed a small bio fuel park at our centre.