New Technologies

Liquid Glucose
(Project Cost Rs.50 Lakhs )
Consultancy fee – Rs.9 Lakhs

Liquid Glucose, a highly viscous material, is at present extensively

used as sweetening agent in confectionery , bakery and other food
preparations. The product first came into existence in the field of
carbohydrate sweetening soon after the second World War. The
uniqueness of this product is its high viscosity, sticky nature and
ability to control sweetening , which makes liquid glucose a good
doctoring agent for confectionery purpose.

Starch, the most abundant carbohydrate obtained from plant kingdom,

is the starting raw material for making Liquid Glucose. Starch is
commonly produced from corn, millets and tubers; which grows
proliferously in sub-tropical countries. Starch is isolated from the plant
source as an aqueous suspension of pure granules. In developed and
developing countries, separation of starch granules from the aqueous
suspension is done in a sophisticated way involving high investment.
In India, although the starch production from the various sources is
mostly confined to small scale sector/cottage industries, some of the
big industries also separate starch for their captive consumption.

Mozzarella Cheese
(Project Cost Rs.50 Lakhs )
Consultancy fee – Rs.9 Lakhs

Mozzarella Cheese is an unripened, soft and white cheese whose

melting and stretching properties are highly suitable for Pizza making.
Although the demand for Mozzarella cheese in India is on the increase
due to the proliferation of Pizza parlours and expansion of fast food
chains, there are no organized dairies engaged in its manufacture. The
increasing demand has generated a need for process and product
standardization.

At present the main constraint in the commercial exploitation appears

to be the paucity of full understanding of the technical aspects in the
manufacture of the product. A process has been standardized to
manufacture Mozzarella Cheese of uniform composition. The total time

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required to manufacture Mozzarella Cheese is shortened by using
direct acid method. A method has also been developed to manufacture
Mozzarella cheese from buffalo milk mixed with goat milk.

Tamarind Powder
(Project Cost Rs.50 Lakhs )
Consultancy fee – Rs.9 Lakhs

Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica L) is an important adjunct/ condiment

used daily as sour ingredient in the Indian cookery. The sourness in
the tamarind pulp is attributable to tartaric acid (8-18%), maleic and
citric acids (about 2%). Pods are harvested once in a year when the
crop ripens in winter. They are decuticled deseeded and the resultant
pulp is extracted in water for use in a variety of food items like
Sambar, Rasam, Puliogere, Chutneys, Sauces etc. The seeds are used
commercially for the manufacture of sizing powders. India produces
about 0.25 Million tonnes of tamarind pulp per annum, bulk of it
coming from the States of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu and Orissa and to a limited extent from Bihar, Maharashtra and
Karnataka.. Most of the production is consumed in the country and
very little quantity is exported in native or dried condition.

A process for manufacture of tamarind juice concentrate was

developed in India. This product has become very popular in the
metropolitan cities, towns as well as in many urban areas. This product
is being exported in significant quantities mainly to gulf countries.
However, transportation and material handling of the concentrate is a
problem to the exporters and leaveslow margin to them. A process has
been developed for the production of dehydrated 'Tamarind Powder'
with a free flowing nature. The product would be compact and
convenient to use and handling and as a result the cost of
transportation and material handling, packing, etc. Would be very low.

Biofertilizer
(Project Cost – Rs 1.5 Crores)
Consultancy fee – Rs.14 Lakhs

Biofertilizer is a large population of a specific or a group of beneficial

microorganisms, millions and billions of them are incorporated
aseptically into sterile carrier materials such as peat, lignite or
charcoal. Such material is generally packed in plastic bag and sold to
the farmers as biofertiliser for enhancing the productivity of soil either
by fixing atmospheric nitrogen or by solubilising soil phosphorus or by

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stimulating plant growth through synthesis of growth promoting
substances.

In view of the huge area under cultivation for pulses, oilseeds, cereals,
millets, fibre, sugarcane and vegetable crops, there is enormous
potential for biofertiliser marketing in India. About 460 million packets
of inoculate of 200 g each are required for inoculating to various crops
having a coverage of 184 million hectare in India. Looking into the
future expansion of areas and evolution of better strains which would
be required to be provided everywhere, the future expected demand of
biofertiliser is to be in the order of 15,000 to 20,000 MT per year.

Specific Protein from E.coli

(Project Cost Rs 30 Crores)
Consultancy fee – Rs.1.5 Crores

A technique for producing a selected protein using E. coli bacteria has

been developed. The technique, developed in cooperation with a
University in NJ involves the production of a specific protein at a low
temperature of 10-15 degree C. The new approach raises the
production efficiency by around 200 times compared with conventional
methods and makes the refining process unnecessary. The distiller,
now diversifying into the field of genome research, plans to license the
technique to pharmaceuticals makers and others at others at home
and abroad. The domestic market for proteins produced through gene
manipulation for medical and other applications is estimated to be
worth US $ 2.5 billion/year.

Biodegradable Two-Stroke Engine Oil ( 2T Oil )

(Project Cost Rs 20 Crores)
Consultancy fee – Rs.90 Lakhs

In India nearly 70,000 – 80,000 tons/year of 2-stroke engine oils are

consumed annually by two wheelers. Currently all 2-stroke engine oils
being used are produced from crude oil derived lube base stocks or
synthetic oils.

An institute in India has developed biodegradable non-edible vegetable

oil based 2-stroke Engine oil that offers better or similar performance
as petroleum or synthetic oil based products.

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This agricultural-based 2-stroke engine oil will be less expensive than
petroleum or synthetic oils and offers significant benefits to
environment and to the end users.

The present technology relates to a composition of biodegradable

lubricants for two-stroke engine, comprises simple or trans mono-
esters such as alkyl ester or epoxy alkyl ester or aryl alkyl ester or
mixture thereof, based on non-edible vegetable oils, such as Karanja
(Pongamia Glabra), Neem (Mellia Azadirachta), Ricebran (Oryza
Sativa), Mahua (Madhuca Indica), Castor (Ricinus Communis), Linseed
(Flax-Linium Usitatissimum.), other similar oils or mixture thereof. In
addition to mono-esters, the composition also contains an antioxidant,
a metal deactivator, an extreme pressure additive, an antifoaming
agent, a pour point depressant, a anti-icing agent, a corrosion
inhibitor, a detergent-dispersant and a combustion improver,
according to which it produce lower amounts of observable smoke in
the exhaust-emission as a result of combustion in a two-stroke
gasoline engine, needs lower concentrations, produce lower amounts
of observable smoke in the exhaust-emission, require no miscibility-
enhancing solvents, needs lower concentrations, and are significantly
biodegradable. The lubricant compositions of the present technology
would be particularly suited for water and air cooled 2T engines.

The composition exhibits excellent miscibility with mineral and

synthetic oil in all proportions. The main advantages of the present
invention are, reduced use of petroleum, green house gases &
emissions, having higher smoke index 150 to 250, beneficial to
farmers, require no miscibility-enhancing solvents, needs lower
concentrations such as fuel-lube ratio 100:0.2 to 100:2 and safer to
handle due to higher flash point of 200-260° C. The present lubricant
would be particularly suited for water cooled or air cooled 2T engine
such as operating outboard motors, snow mobiles, motor boats,
motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, gensets and a variety of landscaping
equipment, e.g., lawn mowers, chain saws, string trimmers and
blowers, etc.

Manufacturing of Glass Wares from Waste Glass

(Project Cost – Rs 1.5 Crores)
Consultancy fee – Rs.14 Lakhs

The process involves manufacturing of 330 tonne/ annum glass table

wares for domestic use, including dinner wares, bowls and tumblers
etc. This small scale venture uses a 1.5 tpd capacity oil/gas fired day

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tank glass melter for hand gathering of molten glass. The production
process is semi-automatic. Waste glass, bottle and table wares etc.
purchased from market will be washed after sieving and then crushed
to small size granules. Crushed glass will be charged into the melter
tank, every day at the end of the day's work, so that the molten glass
is available next morning for working. The glass melting will be a 24
hour process and the glass forming will be carried out in a single shift
(day). A little amount of refining agents and colouring metal oxides will
be mixed with the waste glass before charging into the melter, to
expel the air bubbles and to improve the colour of the glass. The
molten glass gathered at the end of a gathering iron by a helper is
delivered to the press machines where it is pressed into any shape
with the help of cast iron moulds. The moulded glass wares will be
loaded on an edge melter machine for fire polishing and then loaded
into the electric glass annealing Lehr (a continuous heat treatment
furnace maximum temperature 600 degree C.).

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