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Advances in Energy Research Volume 3, Number 3, 2015 , pages 181-194 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eri.2015.3.3.181 |
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Comparative studies of gasification potential of agro-waste with wood and their characterization |
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Amarmani Tripathi and S.K. Shukla
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| Abstract | ||
| In this work, an experimental study of the gasification on wood was carried out in downdraft type fixed bed Gasifier attached with 10Kw duel fuel diesel engine. The main objective of the study was to use wood as the biomass fuel for downdraft Gasifier and to evaluate the operating parameter of gasifier unit to predict its performance in terms of gas yield and cold gas efficiency. The influence of different biomass on fuel consumption rate, gas yield and cold gas efficiency was studied. Composition of producer gas was also detected for measuring the lower heating value of producer gas to select the feed stock so that optimum performance in the existing gasifier unit can be achieved. Under the experimental conditions, Lower heating value, of producer gas, cold gas efficiency and gas yields, using wood as a feed stock, are 4.85 MJ/m3, 46.57% and 0.519 m3/kg. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| gasification; syngas; biomass; agrowaste; filtration; design parameters; diesel blending | ||
| Address | ||
| Amarmani Tripathi and S.K. Shukla: Centre for Energy and Resources Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India | ||
