The Girl's Guide to a Life in Science by Ram Ramaswamy

Author:Ram Ramaswamy [Young Zubaan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: feminism, women, gender, science, scientist, career in science, non-fiction, biography
ISBN: 9789381017555
Publisher: Zubaan Books
Published: 2012-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Although I enjoyed working on my PhD immensely, its completion allowed me to return to biomass energy. My father and his colleagues had by then evolved CASTFORD into the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI), and wanted projects for the new organisation. I came up with the idea of converting sugarcane trash into charcoal, and submitted a project proposal to the Department of Science and Technology’s Young Scientist Scheme. Through this project, we developed an oven-and-retort type charring kiln, in which agricultural waste is burnt in closed containers till it becomes usable char.We figured out a process to bind and convert this char into briquettes (pieces of charcoal that are easy to use in rural kitchens).We also developed a highly energy-efficient system using the char briquettes for steam cooking. This cooking device is now quite popular in both rural and urban Maharashtra, and has also reached people in other parts of India, even the world. In fact, the device helped ARTI to win the Ashden Award for Renewable Energy in 2002.

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