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Bio Mass Cremation
Cremation is the traditional burial practice of Hindus. It is also one of the major consumers of fuel wood
supplies in India.
It is estimated that about 8 million people are cremated every year. To completely burn an average body,
we need about 600 kg of fuel wood. Hence, the national consumption of fuelwood for 8 million cremations
is about five million tonnes per year!
It is often the case in traditional cremation ghats that the body is not completely burnt, and yet it is thrown
into the river, causing considerable pollution of our precious water resources.
Electrical cremation facilities are slightly cleaner. However, they:
• Consume huge amounts of electrical power – ranging from 60kWe to 100kWe energy consumption
• Cost between Rs 300 and Rs 500 towards fuel and maintenance costs
• It usually takes longer time to burn, as well. Hence operating costs are comparatively very high.
The same can be said of diesel oil-based crematoriums.
Traditional burning ghats are horribly polluted places that people would wish to avoid and, until the advent
of gasifier-based crematoriums, it was inconceivable that crematoriums could be neat and clean places, as
will be shown below.
The biomass gasifier crematorium improves the fuel efficiency, reducing fuelwood consumption from
600 kg to between 150 and 180 kg—almost 70 to 75% reduction from traditional burning.
