Study on feasibility of coir dust as feedstock for entrained flow gasification system

Abstract

Experimental investigations of the influence of equivalence ratio on gas composition, adiabatic flame temperature, calorific value and rate of gas generation were performed using coir dust as feedstock in entrained flow gasification system. Experiments were carried out on a pilot scale (2.5 m high X 0.25 m i.d.) existing entrained flow biomass gasifier installed at IMMT, Bhubaneswar. Model calculations were made to find out the composition and other properties of the gas taking coir dust as feedstock. Results were realized through comparison of output from theoretical as well as experimental value obtained with varying equivalence ratio. The outputs obtained from Entrained flow gasifier are of high quality and the process can be industrialized.