Highlights
- 500 kg/day capacity NIIST compact food waste biogas plant installed at Trivandrum International Airport
- A pilot plant for treating 2000 liters of grey water from NIIST canteen was installed.
- Pilot plant unit (670 kg/batch) for demonstrating perchlorate contaminated soil remediation was set up.
- Biodrying process for treatment of mixed unsorted Municipal Solid Waste was optimized.
- Design of odour control system for shrimp feed factory in Gujarat.
- NABL accredited laboratory has been set up for the analysis of Water, Waste water, Dioxins, Furans and Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).
- NABET Accredited EIA Consultant Organization in Mining of Minerals (Category-A) and in Ports & Harbours, Break waters and dredging
- Determination of emission factors of dioxins from open burning of municipal solid wastes in Kerala was carried out.
- Ambient air sampling and residual ash sampling were carried out during the fire broke out at solid waste dump yard of Waste Treatment Plant, Brahmapuram, Kochi
- Assessment of Biodegradability of alternative to single use plastic items.
- A comprehensive three day workshop “DIOXIN India 2019” on “Advanced training in sampling, sample preparation and quantification of dioxins and PCBs” was conducted.
- Skill development courses on (1) Design, operation and trouble shooting of Anaerobic reactors (2) Remote sensing and GIS application in EIA & Management (3) Application of Artificial intelligence in environmental and process engineering.
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies carried out for mining beach sand minerals in various Mine leases of Kerala Minerals & Metals and for Indian Rare Earths Ltd blocks II and IIEE by Indian Rare Earths (I) Ltd, Kollam, Kerala.
- Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and Hazard Operability Study (HAZOP) for Isolated Storage & Handling of hazardous chemical units.
- Assessment of ecological damage, remediation plan and Natural and community resource augmentation plan (NCRAP) studies for regularization of projects running under the violation category
Research Highlights
CFD modeling of gas-liquid multi-impeller stirred ...
A computational model was developed to predict the flow characteristics of the gas–liquid flows generated by multiple ...more..
Bioactive pigment from soil bacteria
A purple-blue bioactive ‘pigment producing bacteria’ was isolated from the sediments of clay mine pit lake in ...more..
Control and Phase out of dioxins ...
Dioxin Research Unit has undertaken the UNIDO sponsored programme through Ministry of Environment and Forests for ...more..
APC mutation, niche succession and colon ...
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