Sustaining Rural Livelihood through Gasification of Biomass Saimbhi Varinder Singh* School of Renewable Energy Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India *Corresponding author's email: saimbhivs@rediffmail.com
JELCodes: D10, D83, E21, H29, H71, I18, Q01, Q42, Q53 Online published on 20 June, 2017. Abstract The applications of gasification products comprise impending use as process output that can be converted into mechanical, electrical and/or heat energy use in several industries and sectors including rural households. Different types of agricultural and forestry residues, energy crops, dairy-house, piggery, poultry, domestic and industrial wastes can be used as feedstock. There is a tremendous potential of work involving thermo-chemical and bio-chemical processes and the characterization of their products. With or without pre-treatment, the feedstock biomass can be gasified under different technological conditions viz. in bio-chemical digester (biogas plant) or in thermal digester (gasifiers), to find out what are the most suitable conditions for maximum energy outputs. Top Keywords Agricultural residue, biogas plants, biomass, gasifier, gasification. Top |