MB & DL - RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER

MOHAN BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES LIMITED

R&D Center ,Vedhanarayanapuram, Venpakkam-po
Chengelpet,kancheepuram-Dt,Tamilnadu
PRESENTED TO
DSIR
TECHNOLOGY BHAVAN
NEW DELHI
 Mohan Breweries &
Distilleries Ltd.

PROMOTERS PROFILE

MBDL promoted by Mr.M.Nandagopal

& family.
Company is Managed by a Board with
Mr. M.Nandagopal as Executive Chairman
Mr. Natarajan Nandhagopal as Managing Director
Mr. Arvind Nandagopal as Executive Director
PROMOTERS PROFILE -BUSINESS
LIQUOR
MB&DL has technical collaboration with
M/s Mohan Meakins Limited, Ghaziabad
who are pioneers in the field of Liquor
& Beer.
MBDL has three Indian Made Foreign
Liquor Units
GLASS
Established Glass bottle
Manufacturing Unit in 1990.
Produce 36,000
Also produce and sell to Pharma ,
Food & Beverage industries
Brewery
MBDL has two Brewery Units
Produce 13.2 Million cases of Beer.
Market Leader in TamilNadu Beer
Market.
SUGAR
MBDL’s subsidiary company Sugar
Factories.
2500 TCD – TamilNadu in 1995
4000 TCD – AndhraPradesh in 2003
Imports Raw sugar, Refines and
Sell to Domestic & export market.
DISTILLERY
MBDL & its Promoted
Subsidiary company
M/s.Sagar Sugars and Allied
products has each one
Distillery
POWER
MBDL’s Wind Mill farm (1000 India’s First Bio
acres) set up in the year Mass power plant and
1993.
generates power 12
Generates 27 MW power &
MW.
supplies to Government grid.
Bagged award for
Best entrepreneur in
Biomass sector.
 Agriculture Biotechnology
Productive Microbes: Develop a technology for producing microbes for
organic farming agriculture, wastewater treatment and for animal
nutrition.
Bioproducts: Develop technology package for low cost liquid based
Biofertilizer and Biocontrol agents for agriculture usages.
Biorefinery: To develop reliable technology for assessment of different
oil seeds in respect of bio- diesel production. Develop cost effective
processing technology for diesel oil extraction from different oilseeds.
Develop a low cost technology for production of quality seedling through
tissue culture technique for biodiesel production.
Bio ethanol: Develop microbial strain for ethanol production from
cellulose sources
 Sweet Sorghum
 Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L) Moench) is the principal cereal crop.
 It is a C4 plant tolerant to drought, acidity, alkalinity and salinity.
 Most efficient biomass producer has thick juicy stalks and accumulates sugar
in the stem.

Salient Features:

 Short duration crop ( 31/2 to 4 Months)

 Less water requirement
 Easy for cultivation and maintenance
 Less investment
 Alternate cost effective feedstock for Ethanol production
 Yield 20 – 25 Tonnes per Acre
 Provides good return to farmer
 Bagasse – a valuable bye product for power generation/ cattle feed and source
for manufacturing paper.
 Sweet Sorghum Development

National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), Hyderabad, under the ambit
of Indian council of Agricultural Research is carrying out the research and
development activities on sorghum crop and particularly Sweet sorghum crop
as bio-energy crop for industrial exploitation.

A pilot study by NRCS in collaboration with Renuka Sugars factory located

near Belgaum in Karnataka was successfully conducted for the assessment of
techno economic feasibility of ethanol production from Sweet sorghum Juice.

Trial cultivation of Sweet sorghum in M/s Sagar Sugars and Allied Products
Limited., project area Viz. Chithoor district has also revealed encouraging
results for growing and exploitation of this crop for energy production for both
Ethanol from Juice and power from bagasse.
 Potential of Sweet Sorghum

Produce Biomass --- 45 – 55 Tonnes / Ha

Green Cane Yield --- 40 – 50 Tonnes / Ha
Grain Yield --- 1.5 – 2.5 Tonnes / Ha
Fermentable Sugar --- 15 – 18%
Sucrose --- 12 - 15 %
Reducing Sugars --- 1 – 4%
Starch --- 1 –2 %
 Sweet Sorghum Varieties

Var Duration Yield Potential Brix

Purity
SSV84 105 –120 Days 15-20 Tonnes 9.98
30%
Praj 105 –120 Days 20-25 Tonnes 9.38
30%
Urja 105 Days 15-20 Tonnes 19.74
70%

Note:
Alcohol yield potential – 40 Litres / Ton of stalk
S.No Particulars Sweet Sorghum Sugar Cane
(Rs / Acre) (Rs / Acre)

1. Land Preparation 1500 1200

2. Sowing / Planting 400 4200
3. Manures & Manuring 1500 2600
4. Inter Cultural Operations 1000 1500

5. Irrigation 300 1000

6. Plant Protection 500 800
7. Harvest & Post Harvest 1800 7200
Total Cost of Cultivation 7000 18500
S.No Particulars Sweet Sorghum Sugar Cane

1. Yield Stalk : 15 ton Cane: 30 Ton

Grain : 800 Kg

2. Selling Price Stalk : Rs.600/ton Rs. 1000 / ton

Grain : Rs.5/Kg

3. Gross Income (Rs. / Acre) 13000 30000

4. Net Income (Rs. / Acre) 6000 11500

5. Duration of the Crop 31/2 Months 12 Months
6. Avg. Net Income/ Day in Rs. 58 32
Particulars Sweet Sorghum Sugar Cane
Crop Duration About 3 1/2 months About 12 – 13 months

Growing Season All season Kharif, Rabi and Only one season
Summer

Soil Requirement All types of drained soil. Grows well in loamy soil

Water Management Less water requirement. Can Require water throughout the
be grown as rain fed crop. year

Crop Management Easy Management. Require good management.

Low fertilizer requirement & More fertilizer requirement.
less pest & disease complex

Yield Per Acre 20 to 25 tons 25 to 30 tons

Sugar Content on Weight 10 to 12 % 12 to 16 %

Sugar Yield ------- 2.5-4.8 tons /acre
Particulars Sweet Sorghum Sugar Cane

Ethanol Production 1140 to 1640 litre / acre 1700 to 2700 litre

directly from juice ( two crops in a year) / acre /Year

Bagasse Availability 25% of Sorghum Cane 30% of Cane weight

Harvesting Very Simple. Both Difficult & Laborious

manual & with simple
small mechanical
machine can be used.

Juice Extraction Juice extraction by By Diffuser Processing

Diffusion Process
Factory Operation Continuous availability, Seasonal –140 to150
ensures through the days
year operation
 Project at a Glance
Project Location : Vedhanarayanapuram Village,Chengalpet Taluk,
Kancheepuram District

Proposed Project : Convert as multi feedstock distillery using cane

molasses, Sweet Sorghum,

Capactiy : Existing - 32 KLPD

Proposed – 100 KLPD ENA / Ethanol

Sweet Sorghum Crop Promotion Plan:

Type of Farming : Contract framing involving farmers
Proposed Area : 6000 Ha
Proposed place of Production : Kancheepuram District