A study on a corn cob gasifier engine-generator for electricity generation in northern Thailand using the equilibrium model

Author

Wilaipon, Panote ; Fung, Chun Che

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Naresuan Univ., Phitsanulok, Thailand

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

13-17 Oct 2002

Firstpage

153

Abstract

The evaluation of utilizing corn cob as a primary energy resource for electricity generation in Northern Thailand was described. Maize is one of the main crops produced in all provinces of the territory. The productivity of maize is over 2000000 ton/year. Therefore, more than 9000 GJ of energy can be obtained from this agricultural residue annually. In this study, an equilibrium model was developed for evaluation purposes. The effect of moisture content and gasification temperature was also discussed. Besides, the derating of the engine utilized with producer gas was also calculated.

Keywords

AC generators; bioenergy conversion; internal combustion engines; moisture; Northern Thailand; agricultural residue; biomass; corn cob gasifier engine-generator; electricity generation; engine derating; equilibrium model; gasification temperature; maize; moisture content; renewable energy; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Crops; Fuels; Global warming; Power generation; Productivity; Renewable energy resources; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology, 2002. Proceedings. PowerCon 2002. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7459-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPST.2002.1053523

Filename

1053523