India
April 2009
Source:
Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR)
Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Limited (Mahabeej) with
financial support from ICAR succeeded in the design development
and testing of a pollution-free cotton seed delinting plant.
The capacity of the indigenous cotton seed delinting plant is
1.0 TPH tomes/hr.
The plant is based on dry HCL gas generation without the use of
sulphuric acid and has been installed at Shivani (Akola).
The new eco-friendly technology has been dully certified by the
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
The machines have been coated with taflan and lined with FRP for
corrosion resistance.
Electric power consumption has been minimized and the initial
cost of installation is considerably lower than other imported
and indigenous plants.
The cotton linters after the delinting process are converted
into a powder which could be further refined to pharmaceutical
grade cellulose.
Thus, the process of obtaining clean cotton seed after delinting
has been made completely eco-ftiendly without any adverse
environmental effect.
The technology is available for commercialization. |
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