Presentation of Khondokar Mizanur Rahman waste and energy research group werg University OF brighton

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Presentation of Khondokar Mizanur Rahmanwaste
and energy research group (werg)University OF
brighton

• Title Environmental and Financial Impact of a
  domestic scale Anaerobic Digestion in Bangladesh.
• University of Nottingham
• 29th June,2009

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A brief description of Bangladesh

• Population- 143.8 million
• Area- 147570 sq. Kilo meter
• Literacy- 51
• Urbanization 23.9
• Environmental and waste issue
• Energy status- Per capita energy consumption 4.0
  BTU
• Social condition including health matter
• Income per capita - 444

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Country Background Location of Bangladesh

• South-East Asian country located between 20 to
  26 North and 88 to 92East .
• Bordered on the West, North and East by India,
  on the South-East by Myanmar and on the South by
  the Bay of Bengal.
• Most of the country is low-lying comprising
  mainly the delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna
  rivers.
• Source www.wikipedia.org

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CHALLENGES BANGLADESH IS AN ENERGY-STARVED
COUNTRY

• Only 40 of the 145 million are connected to the
  grid
• Only 20 of the rural people have electricity
• Most rural people depend on kerosene lamps for
  light
• 80 of the rural people cook with biomass
• This causes economic, health, environmental
  problems

Development Needs Energy
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Waste MANAGEMENT of Bangladesh

• Waste management in Bangladesh
• Composting, Anaerobic Digestion, Pyrolysis,
  Gasification etc.
• AD a better option of waste management
• Anaerobic digestion
• Anaerobic digestion is a biological process
  defined as the breakdown of organic matter by
  naturally occurring bacteria in the absence of
  air into biogas and bio fertiliser

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Impact of AD in the life cycle of rural people

• Improvement of rural people providing
• Energy for cooking and lighting???
• ?Fertilizer value- High nutrient
• ? Gender Benefit-
• ? Health Benefit- Respiratory disease
• ? Economic Benefit- Save fuel and
• fertilizer cost
• ? Time saving
• ? Education-Lighting
• ? Better life.

Biogas Burner
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Carbon counting/Calculation of energy

• A. Global warming and Climate change
• B. Compare Anaerobic Digestion and Aerobic
  Digestion( Composting )
• C. Saving energy
• A single biogas unit can directly conserve 3 tons
  of fuel wood annually.
• AD is an effective way to meet up energy and
  fertilizer requirement and can save environment

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Figure Comparison of impact between before and
after combustion of a 3.2 m3 biogas plant using
87 kg dung daily
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Present scenario of domestic biogas plant in
Bangladesh

• Feedstock
• Animal Waste, Municipal Solid Waste(MSW),Crop
  Residue, Domestic Food Waste etc.
• Biogas potential in Bangladesh
• According to SNV, Bangladesh is capable to build
  3 million domestic biogas plant from cattle dung
  only
• Obstacle build biogas
• Technology, Funding

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An expenses scenario of domestic biogas plant in
Bangladesh
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What is microfinance?

• Microfinance a better option for introduce new
  biogas plant
• Bring your money to help people to change their
  own life and we can do it in a business way- it
  is the whole beauty of microcredit.
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• -Professor Muhammad Yunus, The father of
  microcredit, Founder of
• Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2006.
  

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Microfinance and Bangladesh
Source Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation(PKSF),2004
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• Began in 1976 in Bangladesh
• 7.87 million borrowers at present
• (97 Female and 3 Male)
• 8.2 billion lent
• 500 types of micro-businesses
• average amount 160
• peer support and pressure
• 7.9 billion repaid
• Recovery rate 97.86
• 120,000 GB families overcome
• poverty each year (1992 WB survey)

Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank
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Conclusion

• Renewable energy with microfinance is the
  perfect way to save environment of Bangladesh
  including
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• Poverty elevation
• Increase literacy
• Economical development

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Thank You Very Much