Table 3 Synergistic distribution of SRs /CT to all the districts for the three states considered for the study

Distribution of rice husk to the pre-existing sugar refineries for cogeneration

District code

Proposed ideal plant

Latitude N (DD*) (^o)

Longitude E (DD*) (^o)

Distance (km)

Karnataka state

 D1

SR1

16.3555

75.6662

15.40

 D4

SR2

16.1930

74.8178

9.79

 D6

SR3

17.8629

77.2883

1.83

 D8

SR4

12.1052

76.7578

54.41

 D9

SR5

13.5775

77.5089

47.69

 D11 & D27

SR6

13.9672

76.6097

23.68 & 68.19

 D13

SR7

14.3290

75.8806

4.62

 D14 & D29

SR8

15.3153

74.7613

54.72 & 67.26

 D15

SR9

15.9069

75.6401

74.04

 D16

SR10

17.4624

76.5634

40.06

 D17

SR11

12.8521

76.3535

41.89

 D18

SR12

14.7756

75.3122

15.06

 D19 & D23

SR13

12.4994

76.2928

82.03 & 55.57

 D21

SR14

15.2814

76.3772

35.00

 D22

SR15

12.5336

76.9033

12.81

 D25

SR16

12.4819

77.0409

47.40

Tamil Nadu state

 D1

SR1

10.8992

78.8510

49.33

 D4

SR2

11.4477

79.5489

24.41

 D3 & D27

SR3

10.5617

77.3355

65.08 & 49.58

 D5 & D11

SR4

12.3242

78.0736

27.74 & 18.24

 D6 & D12

SR5

10.1105

77.9350

33.66 & 24.38

 D7

SR6

11.4858

77.2697

14.14

 D8

SR7

12.5975

79.9448

6.07

 D10

SR8

11.0756

78.0220

29.87

 D14

SR9

11.0768

78.1286

30.14

 D15

SR10

11.3573

78.9745

13.80

 D16

SR11

10.2528

78.9635

14.10

 D18

SR12

11.9894

78.4014

41.70

 D19

SR13

9.8324

78.3629

25.97

 D20

SR14

10.6706

79.0753

24.17

 D21

SR15

10.0614

77.6128

37.67

 D22

SR16

13.1247

79.7715

34.57

 D25

SR17

10.8968

78.4961

6.77

 D28

SR18

12.5076

79.1682

13.96

 D29

SR19

12.8339

78.7797

45.24

 D30

SR20

11.8402

79.3406

12.96

 D31

SR21

10.0477

78.1077

70.16

Andhra Pradesh state

 D2

SR1

13.2345

79.1110

25.57

 D5

SR2

16.6210

80.9350

16.78

 D6

SR3

15.4513

78.5135

62.41

 D8

SR4

14.4733

79.7656

7.47

 D10

SR5

17.8052

82.9617

38.98

 D11

SR6

18.6060

83.3728

23.08

 D12

SR7

17.0396

81.4180

14.07

Distribution of rice husk to the pre-existing coal-fired thermal stations

District code

Proposed ideal plant

Latitude N (DD*) (^o)

Longitude E (DD*) (^o)

Distance (km)

Karnataka state

 D5

CT1

15.1817

76.6767

21.33

 D7

CT2

16.4967

75.8425

67.02

 D12 & D28

CT3

13.1608

74.8053

78.19 & 55.78

 D24

CT4

16.3586

77.3353

56.97

Tamil Nadu state

 D2

CT1

13.2358

80.3058

23.79

 D24

CT2

8.8844

78.0544

7.53

Andhra Pradesh state

 D13

CT1

14.7014

78.4581

54.85