Mobile cremation system developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar.
Asiya S
IIT Ropar has developed an eco-friendly and portable cremation systems to resolve the issues faced by the country due to the alarmingly increasing rate of deaths due to Covid. People of India are struggling to cremate the bodies of their dear ones and are often dumped on the rivers. This cart-shaped incinerator can overcome this situation by providing low cost cremation within 12 hours and they are eco-friendly and portable.
The cart was developed by collaborating with the company Cheema Boilers Limited and this incinerator claims to be the first kind of technology that involves smokeless cremation despite using wood. It uses nearly half of the wood needed for the cremation but is eco friendly because it uses the technology of combustion air system.
It works with the principle of wick-stove technology in which wick after lighting glows yellow and is then converted into smokeless blue flame with the help of combustion air systems. It heats up to 1044 degree Celsius thus ensuring complete sterilisation.
It can easily be transported to anywhere as this incinerator have wheels. The time required for the disposal of a body in this incinerator is 12 hours including cooling time, whereas the normal wood-based cremation requires 48 hours. It has stainless steel insulation on both sides of the cart to reduce heat loss and wood consumption and it also helps to reduce the cooling time. It also has a tray beneath it to remove ashes easily.
Since it only requires half of the wood than the normal cremation, this technology help the ones who are not able to afford the financial burden to cremate the body of their dear ones. The portability of this incinerator can help to avoid space crunch in crematoriums in the current scenario.