Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2015

Biomass an Alternate of Coal

Lata Tripathi, A. K. Mishra, Anil Kumar Dubey, C B Tripathi

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Gasification is the thermochemical conversion of biomass into heat or electricity. Biomass gasification means incomplete combustion of biomass resulting in production of combustible gases consisting of Carbon monoxide (CO), Hydrogen (H2) and traces of Methane (CH4). This mixture is called producer gas. Producer gas can be used as a fuel for IC engine for electricity generation. Composition of producer gas depends on properties of feedstock biomass material .Therefore it is necessary to analyse the properties of biomass used for gasification. Three biomass material namely Soybean, pigeon pea, Lantana camera and wood were taken for gasification and Their proximate, heating value and ultimate composition were compared with bituminous coal. Ash contents of the three samples ranged from 3% to 6.5%. Higher heating values ranged from 17.1 MJ/kg –19.24 MJ/kg. Nitrogen was present in all fuel sample at levels ranging from 0.95 to 1.05%. Sulfur concentrations were an order of magnitude lower, varying from 0.03to 0.2%, consistent with the low sulphur quality of biomass fuels as compare to fossil fuel.

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Lata Tripathi,A. K. Mishra,Anil Kumar Dubey,C B Tripathi Biomass an Alternate of Coal Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 1 January 2015

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