CAMPAIGN FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rpgoeKN_aDw

Reducing Poverty through

ECO-WOOD SUBSTITUTE MOLDED DOORS

Global Warming and Poverty (GWP) are the biggest problems of modern world. Both are corollary to one another. We need to work on the two simultaneously. We do that here by developing and commercializing an ECO-WOOD SUBSTITUTE system and converting the same into MOLDED DOORS. These are produced with less machinery (and hence less energy), and instead, using locally available skilled Human resource. Each ton of these Molded Doors would substitute approximately 1.5 T of Wood logs, which would come from double that weight of original trees. One thousand ECO-WOOD SUBSTITUTE MOLDED DOORS would offset cutting trees in approximately 3.75 hectares (9.3 acres) of Wood land/Forest. A million Molded Doors would offset tree cutting in 9,300 ac of forest/woodland. Further, there is the added social benefit that Each 3,000 T Molded Doors Plant would offer direct employment to 300 local Village youngsters – both men and women

PHOTO_1: Skilled Women Technicians Embellishing ECO-WOOD MOLDED DOORS

Also visit:  http://agrobiogenicscleantechpvtltd.com/tpdc-kanaganahalli-work-photos/

July 2, 2014  …..

 

The COCONUT Tree – a real Goldmine

Coconut trees dot across the entire coastal regions of the tropics except where the climate is dry (mainly in desert type climatic regions)

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Beautiful Coconut Trees

An average Coconut tree has a life of about 100 years. But, most trees may become less productive after 60 years.

India has a sea coast line of over 6,500 Km and Coconut trees dot almost the entire stretch (about 6,000 Km). These trees are grown in the interior regions too (the Photo illustration above is one such interior region in the southern Karnataka State). The estimated number of trees in India is 1,200 million (almost one tree per individual in India!). Were we to consider the life of an average tree at 60 yrs, we could have a total of 30,000,000 trees for use annually. These could be converted into Engineered Composites ranging from small buttons to structural engineering products and sophisticated Auto components – resulting in wood substitutes, metal substitutes that results in conservation and less environmental damages. India could, thus, manufacture not less than 30,000,000 T of Coconut tree materials based engineered composites. If all of these were to replace wood used in engineering, homes, furniture etc … no tree would have to be cut in India for all wood based engineered products!

Coconut Fiber Converted Products

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Please visit: http://www.cleantech.org/magazine/read/total-wood-substitute-using-vegetation-wastes_305.html

and http://tvdpworks.wordpress.com/

Updated on Oct 11, 2014

ENERGY, MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE

AGRO-BIOGENICS (CLEAN-TECH) PVT LTD, is a start-up enterprise that works on mitigation of Global Warming and Poverty (GWP). Registered as a Company in India, Bangalore (Karnataka State).

MISSION: Working toward mitigation of GWP, reducing the gap between “rich” and “poor”

AGRO-BIOGENICS: Our ultimate Objective is to Provide decent Livelihood Earnings to every able bodied man/woman in villages. To this end, we shall develop and create a new Business paradigm that would involve the quadruple impacts of SOCIO-TECHNO-COMMERCIAL and ENVIRONMENTAL developments … Thus, the prime criterion would be the increase in Jobs at the “lowest” rungs of the society; the second criterion would be the impact on the knowledge levels that help in enhancing current and future developments; the third criterion would be the impact and potentials in business and commerce; the fourth criterion (not the least in importance) would measure how much lesser all these would impact on the environment …

Please visit: http://agrobiogenicscleantechpvtltd.com/total-village-development-projects-tvdp/

https://zerowastezerocarbon.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/environmentally-neutral-engineering-composites-for-boats-and-aircrafts/

https://zerowastezerocarbon.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/zwzcbm-bananaplantationexample/

https://zerowastezerocarbon.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/zwzcbm-bananaplantationexample/

 

Environmentally Neutral Engineering Composites for Boats and Aircrafts

TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronzes, Plastics, Polymer Composites and Wood are the most used traditional engineering materials. These have certain properties as follows: (CLICK on the TABLE to ENLARGE have a better View)

Certain Traditional Engineering Materials properties

Certain Derived Properties of Composites in Fibers, Compared with Steel

Fiber (40% uni-directional)	Tensile Strength	Sp.wt	Sp. Tensile Strength	Tensile Modulus	Eq Wt Section	Eq. Wt Rigidity Modulus	Cost Factor
	(MPa)	(kg/m3)	(m)	(GPa)	(cm) Carbon Steel = 1 cm	(Kg-m2)	(Rs/ Kg)
Bamboo	293	600	48833	18.32	13.08	3416	250
Bamboo-Glass	350	703	49786	18.23	11.16	2111	255
Hybrid Bamboo1	440	688	63953	22.85	11.4	2282	740
Hybrid Bamboo2	438.2	695	63050	27.09	11.29	3248	990
E-Glass	816.8	1474	55413	18.91	5.32	237.27	270
S-Glass	1104	1455	75876	23.16	5.39	302.22	510
Carbon Fiber	1222	1336	91467	74.95	5.87	1263	3210
Kevlar 49	1298	1243	104424	45.27	6.31	947.8	2210
Boron	946.5	1467	64519	92.94	5.35	1186	3810
High tensile Steel	4000	7900	50632	210	0.99	16.98	250
Low Carbon steel	400	7850	5095	210	1	17.5	60

Comparative Design Advantage of Hybrid Bamboo Composites:

In order that we are able to arrive at “optimum” engineered material system for a particular design need, we shall compare the “Rigidity factor” based on Low Carbon Steel (which is the standard structural engineering material)

The average thickness of Steel sheet material needed for the hull of a small 20 ft Dinghy that needs to be “seaworthy’ is 6 mm. The various thickness factors for the Composites (based on equivalent Rigidity factor) are presented below:

Fiber (40% uni-directional)	Tensile Strength	Sp.wt	Sp. Tensile Strength	Engineered Section	Wt per Sq m	Rigidity Modulus	Fabrication Cost Factor
	(MPa)	(kg/m3)	(m)	(cm)	Kg	(Kg-m2)	(Rs/ Sq m)
Low Carbon steel	400	7850	5095	0.6	47	3.78	5640
Bamboo (40%)	293	600	48833	1.36	8.16	3.84	3060
Bamboo-Glass	350	703	49786	1.36	9.56	3.82	3657
Hybrid Bamboo1	440	688	63953	1.26	8.67	3.8	7700
Hybrid Bamboo2	438.2	695	63050	1.2	8.34	3.9	9908
Kevlar 49	1298	1243	104424	1.01	13.11	3.88	33319

 It is noted that we could engineer superior structures using both 40% bamboo composite and bamboo-glass composites. The cost factors would be lesser than that of Low carbon steel structure, even at 50% excess thickness levels in the Bamboo composite structures. That would mean far superior Strength-Rigidity factors in the resultant engineered systems. See the Table below:

Fiber (40% uni-directional)	Tensile Strength	Sp.wt	Sp. Tensile Strength	Engineered Section	Wt per Sq m	Rigidity Modulus	Fabrication Cost Factor
	(MPa)	(kg/m3)	(m)	(cm)	Kg	(Kg-m2)	(Rs/ Sq m)
Low Carbon steel	400	7850	5095	0.6	47	3.78	5640
Bamboo (40%)	293	600	48833	2.04	12.24	12.96	4590
Bamboo-Glass	350	703	49786	2.04	14.34	12.89	5485

It is further noted that even at double the “minimum thickness” for “steel equivalent” Rigidity factor, the weight factor is only about one-fourth of steel … allowing us to have greater Strength-Rigidity-Economics

For more details on the subject of STRENGTH, RIGIDITY and related Factors, please visit the blog:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/752322/Re-Optimized-Engineering-Materials-Through-Cleantech

Bamboo-Composite Molded Boat/ Dinghy (Click to Enlarge)

Please see the following blogs on this subject for more details:

1. http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/750225/Re-Optimized-Engineering-Materials-Through-Cleantech

2. http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/754912/Re-Optimized-Engineering-Materials-Through-Cleantech

We are now looking at the possibility of Designing and constructing a Lightweight AIRCRAFT (Two-Seater) using Hybrid Bamboo Composites. Please see here:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/comment/756431/Re-Optimized-Engineering-Materials-Through-Cleantech

Main Structure Syatems in a Lightweight Aircraft

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Minty-Fresh™.

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Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2010. That’s about 3 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 3 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 4 posts. There were 32 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 6mb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was December 1st with 22 views. The most popular post that day was ZERO-WASTE ZERO-CARBON BUSINESS – Banana-Plantation_example .

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were mail.yahoo.com, agro-biogenics.com, WordPress Dashboard, punecleantech.com, and mail.live.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for banana plantation, zero waste, banana plantations, crockery, and banana waste.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

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ZERO-WASTE ZERO-CARBON BUSINESS – Banana-Plantation_example November 2009
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Contact Us September 2010
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Closed-Loop Zero-Waste Zero-Carbon Processes December 2009
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Looking for Entrepreneurs as Promoter-Directors July 2010
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Materials Efficiency = Business Efficiency November 2009

Agro-Biogenics (Clean-Tech) Pvt Ltd Business Website

Please visit us at:: AGROBIOGENICS

JOINT-VENTURES IN …

TECHNOLOGY, R & D, AGRO-RESOURCES, CARBON SINK PRODUCTS, ALTERNATE ENGINEERING MATERIALS/PRODUCTS, ALTERNATE ENERGY, BIO-PETROCHEMICALS,  FARM PRODUCES, AGRICULTURE PROCESSES, SPECIALTY EQUIPMENTS, AND NEW PROJECTS … The potentials in the TROPICS alone are estimated @ US $15 trillion!

You may download the Executive Business Summary of APIX_Pliot Plant here: JOINT VENTURE FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF APIX-SEP

ZERO-WASTE ZERO-CARBON BUSINESS – Banana-Plantation_example

Showcasing ZERO-WASTE ZERO-CARBON BUSINESS-MODEL (ZW-ZC-BM) through Banana Plantation wastes conversions:

We look at a project in which 200, 000 wasted banana stems (leaves and roots included) are converted into the following:

1. Power (@ 24 x 300) ……………………………….. 550 KW
2. Banana Fiber Substituted Molded Crockery ……. 110 T
3. Molded Strand Boards (Wood substitute) ………. 7250 T
4. Biofertilizer (solids) ………………………………….. 335 T
5. “GREEN” sulfur ………………………………………. 6.44 T
6. Bio-Water …………………………………………….. 12, 176, 570 L
   
7. TOTAL VALUES ………………… $13.5 million (All Energy used insitu)

THIS IS A GREEN VENTURE

This Project aims at conversion/ recycling of locally available Renewable Resources into Energy, Engineered Materials, Biofertilizer and Non-fossil based Chemicals. The ultimate objective is to reduce the gap between the “rich” and “poor”, through village development … This Pilot project would offer full time jobs to not less than 150 local village people, thereby offset migration to the cities

ISSUES INVOLVED/ ADDRESSED

This is the Pilot plant that would show-case a new Socio-Techno-Commercial-Environmental business theme, having high growth potentials and high profitability. Locally available Renewable Resources (RR) and organic/ food wastes would be the starting materials, to be converted into non-conventional energy, engineering materials, alternate petrochemicals and biofertilizer. Issues addressed through this project are:

1. Global Warming is addressed through Clean-Tech products/ Energy, using Renewable Resources (RR)

2. Poverty is addressed through wealth creation utilizing local RR, in village areas

3. Need of Clean Electricity is addressed through utilization of RR (mainly organic matter and wastes)

4. Need of substitutes for wood and fossil based engineering materials is addressed, through Composites

5. CO2-sequestered into Carbon Sink Engineered Products (CSEP), replaces regular building materials

6. Total recycling of non-toxic organic matter provides Biofertilizer and recyclable Bio-water

7. The UN MDG’s are addressed through wealth creation in rural areas, without environmental degradation

OUR TEAM

PROMOTER Company: AGRO-BIOGENICS (Clean-Tech) Private Limited, Bangalore, India

1. Chief Mentor & Promoter: Hariharan PV (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hariharanpv)

2. Think-Tank Chair: Charles H. Tankersley (http://chtank.org)

3. Michael Sahilu: Associate: Ethiopia (mykeybizu2000@yahoo.com)

4.Mwaniki Gachuba III: Associate: Scotland (& Kenya) … (gachubah@yahoo.com)

5.Think-Tank Group of AGRO-BIOGENICS: https://zerowastezerocarbon.wordpress.com/contact-us/

Also visit: Sustainability Engineering and http://freeenergytoworld.wordpress.com/

ZERO-WASTE ZERO-CARBON BUSINESS in BANANA PLANTATION

Click on the illustrations to enlarge… Here are a few Value-added products:

 

High Value Products using Vegetation Wastes such as Banana Stems etc

Please visit

http://agrobiogenicscleantechpvtltd.com/abcs-of-agro-biogenics/

Last updated: June 12, 2014