Designing and Performance Evaluation of Biochar Production in a Top-Lit Updraft Up-scaled Gasifier

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dc.contributor.author Nsamba, Hussein Kisiki
dc.contributor.author Hale, Sarah E.
dc.contributor.author Cornelissen, Gerard
dc.contributor.author Bachmann, Robert Thomas
dc.date.accessioned 2015-04-17T05:12:20Z
dc.date.available 2015-04-17T05:12:20Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description Published Research Article en_US
dc.description.abstract The Original Belonio Rice Husk Gasifier (OBRHG), initially of height of 0.6 m, diameter of 0.15 m and thickness of 0.025 m was tested for biochar production through air gasification of rice husk (RH) and the design was upscaled to height of 1.65 m, diameter of 0.85 m and thickness of 0.16 m. A total of 27 experiments were conducted to monitor the gasifier performance and the system can operate with the centrifugal blower operating at a power input of 155 W and a maximum flow rate of 1450 m3/hr regulated according to the air requirement. Building the UBRHG is simple and inexpensive to fabricate and with the fairly satisfactory performance and ease of construction along with the convenience of operation, the UBRHG with RH as feed would find abundant avenues of applications in a rural setting for biochar production alongside thermal, mechanical and electrical energy delivery. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Financial support was provided by the Norwegian Research Council’s “Norway-Global partner” programme, Project 203901/H30 “Biochar on acidic agricultural lands in South-East Asia: Sequestering carbon and improving crop yield”. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Nsamba, H. K., Hale, S. E., Cornelissen, G. and Bachmann, R. T. (2015). Designing and Performance Evaluation of Biochar Production in a Top-Lit Updraft Upscaled Gasifier. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, 5, 41-55 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2165-400X
dc.identifier.issn 2165-4018
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jsbs.2015.52004
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/4375
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Scientific Research Publishing en_US
dc.subject Biochar en_US
dc.subject Equivalence Ratio en_US
dc.subject Yield en_US
dc.subject Upscale Belonio en_US
dc.subject Rice Husk Gasifier en_US
dc.title Designing and Performance Evaluation of Biochar Production in a Top-Lit Updraft Up-scaled Gasifier en_US
dc.type Journal article en_US
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