African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1128

Full Length Research Paper

Design and techno economic evaluation of biomass gasifier for industrial thermal applications

  N. S. Rathore1, N. L. Panwar2* and Y. Vijay Chiplunkar2
  1College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology Udaipur  313 00, Rajasthan, India.  2Department of Renewable Energy Sources, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of  Agriculture and Technology Udaipur 313 00, Rajasthan, India
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 January 2008
  •  Published: 30 January 2009

Abstract

 

This paper addresses the design, performance and economic evaluation of biomass based open core 
downdraft gasifier for industrial process heat application. The gasifier is having feed rate as 90 kg h-1
and producing about 850 MJ h-1 of heat. The gasifier has been installed in M/S Phosphate India Pvt. Limited, Udaipur (27° 42' N, 75° 33' E) for heating and concentrating phosphoric acid. The system is in position to save 20 L of light diesel oil per hour. The techno economics of the designed system is also presented in the paper.  
 
Key words: Biomass, gasifier, downdraft, feed stock

 

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