Volume : II, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Development of a Fuel–flexible Updraft Thermal Biomass Gasifier

Gautam Borthakur, Dr. Dimbendra Kr. Mahanta

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The paper addresses issues related to development of a biomass gasifier for thermal applications. The gasifier can accept variety of dry woody biomass which has been proved by testing of the gasifier. Three types of biomass namely wood, bamboo and Ipomoea have been successfully gasified. The maximum power delivered by the gasifier is nearly 14.84 kW at fuel consumption 4 kg hr-1 for wood chips as feed. The power level increases with the increase of calorific value of fuel used. The equivalence ratio is in the range of 0.24 to 0.27 for the three selected biomass. The air-fuel ratio seems independent of biomass types. This type of simple gasifier would be useful in developing countries to meet thermal energy through clean and efficient conversion of biomass.

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Gautam Borthakur, Dr. Dimbendra Kr. Mahanta Development of a Fuel-flexible Updraft Thermal Biomass Gasifier International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 6 June 2013

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