Team led by Odia scientist makes plant to
produce biofuel
Bolangir,
July 8 (LocalWire): A scientific team in Gujarat led by an Odia scientist Dr
Sanjib Kumar Karmee has now developed a machine which can produce fuels from
biomass.
The
plant was designed by the team at the Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research
Institute, Anand (Gujarat).
The
plant has the capability to conduct pyrolysis of sawdust and agro residues to
produce biofuels.
Karmee
works at the Thermo-Chemical Conversation Division of the institute.
The
scientific team has demonstrated that biomass can be successfully converted
into biofuels using both batch and pilot-scale systems.
“The
newly developed pilot system has important industrial significance since it can
operate at a pace of 15 kg/hr scale. The results of these experiments are
published in the Fuel journal (Elsevier),” said Dr Sanjiv Kumar Karmee further.
Pyrolysis
of biomass is one of the most efficient technologies used to produce biofuels.
The
process is carried out at elevated temperatures under an inert atmosphere which
is maintained using either argon or nitrogen gases.
The
process generates bio-oil, biochar (solid), and pyro-gas (gaseous products),
explained Dr Karmee.
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