Biomass gasification for decentralized power generation: The Indian perspective

Buragohain, Buljit; Mahanta, Pinakeswar; Moholkar, Vijayanand S.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.034

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“…Small and medium scale biomass power and CHP plants usually require only the available local biomass source, but the large scale plants need biomass sources from a wide region and/or imported biomass sources such as wood or forestry residues. Biomass CHP is relatively a mature technology in India, while biomass power generation is now under further development for combining with gasification, called Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (BIGCC), which offer higher efficiency and performance [40]. BIGCC is still in the industrial demonstration phase.…”

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“…Sugar mills, paper mills, and rice mills in India have adopted cogeneration technology for heat and electricity production [39]. Such technology has been well established and locally available, and in particular, many sugar mills have used bagasse for their cogeneration plants [40]. However, the traditional usage of bagasse in most sugar mills' cogeneration produced inefficient low pressure systems, and therefore research and development on such technology has been supported by the government over the past few years in order to achieve high-pressure efficient cogeneration systems in India [6,39].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Biomass gasification technology (also known as gasifier) is a fairly old technology in India, an outcome of highly focused policies put in place by the government. Unlike the combustion technology that directly burns the biomass, a gasifier converts biomass to a combustible gas in a reactor and then uses it for power generation purposes [40]. A gasifier normally can operate and produce electricity at small capacity (2-10 kWe) and medium capacity (up to 2 MWe), yet it will be economical when operating at 5 kWe onwards [42].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is also meant for electrifying remote areas with no access to the national electricity grid. Biomass gasification is still evolving in India with efforts for improving maintenance for the remote regions [40].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Biomass energy policies and strategies: Harvesting potential in India and Indonesia

Singh

Setiawan

2013

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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a b s t r a c tIndia and Indonesia are privileged with abundant biomass resource potentials, 23 Giga-watt (GW) and 50 GW equivalents respectively, yet both countries harvest small proportions, with fundamentally different deployed policies and articulated strategies. In this regard, this paper focuses on analyzing evolution and deployment of different policies and execution of strategies by two countries. It analyzes the effects of the biomass energy policies and executed strategies in India and Indonesia with a holistic approach. Such an approach takes the policy and strategy of the whole biomass energy sector rather than a segmented and separated sector as biofuel, biogas, biodiesel, etc. Furthermore, how they have resulted in different outcomes is also addressed. Our analysis shows that India's biomass energy policy has evolved from incremental to more radical changes, while Indonesia's policy remains incremental. India has also a relatively more unified biomass energy strategy than Indonesia. India has been more focused on technology development and deployment along with strong institutional creation, whereas Indonesia has not been able to create any biomass sector supporting strong institutions. Therefore, in terms of biomass energy utilizations, India has demonstrated better performance than Indonesia.

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Section: Technology Development and Deploymentmentioning

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Section: Technology Development and Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technology Development and Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Technology Development and Deploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Biomass energy policies and strategies: Harvesting potential in India and Indonesia

Singh

Setiawan

2013

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…Biomass covers 35% of the energy demand of the developing countries corresponding to 13% of the world energy demand. Biomass is widely available in quantities enough to meet the world energy demand [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Review of Biomass Thermal Gasification

Hamad¹,

Radwan²,

AshrafAmin³

2017

Biomass Volume Estimation and Valorization for Energy

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Gasification of biomass is one of the most attractive methods for producing hydrogen rich gas. Syngas production from biomass is an attractive solution for energy crisis. The production of energy from biomass reduces the dependence of developing countries on fossil fuels, as ample biomass is available in the developing countries and is renewable. Downdraft gasifiers are fixed bed gasifiers where the gasifying agent and biomass are flowing downwards, developed for high-volatile fuels such as wood or biomass gasification. Cocurrent flow regime throughout the oxidation and reduction zones reduces the tars and particulates in syngas, which will reduce the necessity of complicated cleaning methods compared to updraft gasifiers especially if the gas is used as a burnable gas in a small community. It is important to ensure homogenous distribution of gasifying agent at the downdraft gasifier throat. This chapter presents latest trends in gasification of biomass using downdraft gasification.

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