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7.3.3
Research & Development
Support for research and development on biomass gasification technology
has been a key aspect of the Ministry’s promotional measures. Although
in the initial years, support was primarily rovided for basic developmental
research, in the recent past the Ministry has mainly been supporting
R&D projects in applied technology areas for improving efficiency,
reducing costs and developing new applications. Presently, thirteen
applied R&D projects are under progress with the financial support
of the Ministry at around 10 leading research and academic institutions.
A summary of the main projects currently underway is given in Table
7.3.
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7.3.3.2
Some salient achievements of the applied R&D projects sponsored
by the Ministry in the past include development of high temperature
applications (for example, in steel re-rolling mills), systems
for lime burning kilns,
systems for crematorium, etc. The gasifier industry has evolved through a process of continuous improvement for better performance with reliability and improvements in terms of diesel replacements for electrical and thermal applications in commercial mode. The Ministry has also identified thrust areas for further improvements in various components of biomass gasification systems. Some of these areas are - development of fluidised bed gasification systems specially for low capacities; development of a multi-biomass gasification system; development of cost effective engines for 100% producer gas operation in 10-30 kW range; development of Safety Control and Instrumentation packages for biomass gasifier linked IC engine systems; development of load |
