Rice as Source of Electricity
Rice yields an abundance of biowaste: Husks make up around one quarter of the weight. Only a small fraction of this is utilized, for instance, to fire distillery furnaces. Researchers at Hanoi University of Technology now also want to use rice husks to generate electricity. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg engineered a fluidized bed firing system to do this. Fluidized bed firing systems are state-of-the-art in Germany but predominantly burn coal. Researchers of this technology also want to utilize them in the future for biomass. The air distribution plate is covered by a bed material, usually quartz sand, mixed with the fuel. As the gas flows through the nozzles, it entrains the bed material with the combustible material to the top where the fuel is converted.” New fuel is gradually fed into the fluidized bed from the side. Since the temperature in this method is approximately equal in the entire pipe, temperature peaks are not produced that would release particularly large amounts of emissions. Not all biomass is the same however. Straw burns differently than wood and in turn differently than rice residues. Hence the German researchers implemented the principle of fluidized bed firing for their colleagues in Hanoi in such a way that they can test various fuels’ combustion behavior.The circulating fluidized bed is equipped with extensive metrology such as a volumetric flowmeter, thermocouples and pressure sensors. A programmable logic controller displays and stores every measured value, thus enabling the researchers to directly monitor the combustion process and precisely analyze it afterward. The PLC can also regulate the quantity of air fed in or its temperature. For more information, contact: Dr.-Ing. Eyck Schotte Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung IFF Sandtorstr. 22 39106 Magdeburg Germany Phone: +49 391 4090-357 Fax: +49 391 4090-366
Sector: Renewable Energy Technologies
Country: India
Area of Application: Power generation, Renewable energy
Keywords: Rice husk, Power
Advantages: Renewable source of energy
Environmental aspects: Energy efficiency
Development Status: Commercial Prototype
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