IIT Guwahati, NRL sign MoU to develop sustainable material

As part of the project, a plant of capacity 5 MT/batch will be set up to produce green activated carbon by pyrolyzing bamboo dust. This R&D project is also aimed toward the development of technology for the production of very high grade chemically activated carbon having applications in the pharmaceutical, electronics and mining industries.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has signed a memorandum of agreement with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) as a part of its R&D initiative. The agreement has been signed to develop technology for the production of marketable Grade Green Activated Carbon from bamboo dust. Bamboo dust will be generated while preparing bamboo chips for the 2nd Generation Bio-Refinery being setup by NRL through its JV company Assam Bio-Refinery Private Limited.

As part of the project, a plant of capacity 5 MT/batch will be set up to produce green activated carbon by pyrolyzing bamboo dust. This R&D project is also aimed toward the development of technology for the production of very high grade chemically activated carbon having applications in the pharmaceutical, electronics and mining industries.

The agreement was signed on behalf of NRL by Senior Chief General Manager (Corporate Affairs) Nikunja Borthakur and Dean IISI, IIT Guwahati Professor G Krishnamoorthy. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Sanjay Choudhuri, Director (Finance) of NRL, Professor Senthilmurugan Subbiah, IITG and senior officials from NRL and IIT Guwahati. The project will be carried out as an industry-academia collaboration and will enhance the capacity of both NRL and IIT Guwahati through the provision of relevant data and information sharing.

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