Waste to energy using biomass gasification

With one of the highest growth rate India is progressing in many fields and energy demands are increasing by the year. The higher standards of urban living has seen an increase in domestic energy demand. Previously untapped energy sources are being explored including waste to energy conversion from municipal solid waste (MSW). A number of methods are available for the energy conversion and gasification of waste biomass which has caught research interest in recent past. A 5 kW updraft gasifier is designed and fabricated to process rice husk as the feedstock. The designed gasifier can take dried crushed MSW as feedstock. The producer gas obtained from the gasifier is immediately combusted to heat water. The efficiency calculated from water heating output is reported. The low efficiency value is partly due to the heat losses associated with the water heating.