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Optimization of Biomass Mixes for Harnessing Clean Fuel Energy through Pelletization: An Experimental Study

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Title Optimization of Biomass Mixes for Harnessing Clean Fuel Energy through Pelletization: An Experimental Study
 
Creator Shukla, Shivangi
 
Contributor Singal, Savita
 
Subject biomass, crops, energy resources, crop residues, mud, cotton, wheats, diseases, rice, productivity
 
Description The present study was conducted in two phases. Phase-I was status of biomass availability in
Haryana. For this, rice, jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, sugarcane, wheat, barley, gram, and rapeseed and
mustard were identified as major crops of Haryana. Findings reveled that in kharif season, rice crop
generated the highest amount of biomass and in rabi season, highest amount of biomass was generated
from wheat crop. Energy potential was also found highest in these two crops (rice in kharif season and
wheat in rabi season). Phase-II was experimental work. In this phase, three types of biomass i.e. cotton
stalk, twigs and leaves, and sawdust were used in seven different combinations for making of pellets.
The prepared pellets were tested on the basis of moisture content, compression strength, calorific value,
thermal efficiency, gas composition, and ash content. It was found that pellets made from different
combinations were more or less similar to each other on one or more parameters. Pellets were
disseminated to ten women respondents (who were similar on the basis of physical parameters) in
village Kaimeri, district Hisar (Haryana) for economic and ergonomic evaluation of use of pellets. All
the respondents were instructed to prepare the standardized meal (20 chapattis with 1 kg wheat flour
and ½ kg potato curry) both, on traditional mud stove and pellet stove. During cooking, time, fuel, and
money cost of pellets (used in pellet stove) and biomass (used in traditional mud stove) was calculated
and significant saving of time, fuel and money was found during cooking on pellet stove over
traditional mud stove. Environmental, physiological and biomechanical parameters were also recorded
before and after 20 minutes of start of cooking, both, on traditional mud stove and pellet stove.
Significant change in temperature, CO2 content, heart rate, energy expenditure, lung function and angle
of deviation at both cervical and lumber region of respondents was found during cooking on traditional
mud stove. Whereas, no significant change in any of the parameter except Vmax25%, Vmax50% and
SVC was found during cooking on pellet stove. VAD score was also found high after 20 minutes of
cooking on traditional mud stove than pellet stove.
 
Date 2016-02-11T12:08:01Z
2016-02-11T12:08:01Z
2014
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/64308
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU