Advanced Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Advanced Journal of Environmental Science and Technology ISSN 7675-1686 Vol. 11 (3), pp. 001-007, March, 2020. © International Scholars Journals

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.

Accepted 06 January, 2019

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.