naa a22 4500 510731554 CHVBK 20180411082954.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11708-013-0247-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11708-013-0247-9 Experimental evaluation of a 35 kVA downdraft gasifier [Elektronische Daten] [Ashok Keche, Gaddale Amba Prasad Rao] Energy conversion systems based on biomass are particularly interesting because biomass utilization effectively closes the carbon cycle besides achieving self-sustainability. Biomass is particularly useful for highly populated and agriculture dependent economic nations like China and India. A compact and cost effective downdraft gasification system was developed. The present paper describes an experimental investigation on a biomass based gasifier engine system with a capacity of 35 kVA for power generation application. The problem of cooling and cleaning the hot and dirty gas from the gasifier has been satisfactorily solved by the effective cooling and filtration system. The gasifier developed is observed to be operation friendly. The quality of gas was evaluated in terms of its composition, conversion efficiency and total particulate matter. The maximum output of the power plant was obtained at the combustion zone temperature of 850°C. The experimental investigations showed that the percentage reduction in total particulate matter is 89.32%. The conversion efficiency of the biomass gasifier is found to be dependent on the operation conditions and fuel properties of the gasifier. The optimum value of equivalence ratio was observed to be 0.3134 for achieving the maximum gas conversion efficiency of the present gasifier configuration. Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 biomass nationallicence gasification nationallicence producer gas nationallicence equivalence ratio nationallicence total particulate matter nationallicence conversion efficiency of gasifier nationallicence Keche Ashok Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 506004, Warangal, AP, India aut Amba Prasad Rao Gaddale Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 506004, Warangal, AP, India aut Frontiers in Energy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 7/3(2013-09-01), 300-306 2095-1701 7:3<300 2013 7 11708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-013-0247-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-013-0247-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Keche Ashok Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 506004, Warangal, AP, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Amba Prasad Rao Gaddale Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 506004, Warangal, AP, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Frontiers in Energy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 7/3(2013-09-01), 300-306 2095-1701 7:3<300 2013 7 11708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer