Open AccessA review: Biomass-based fuel pellet usage in biomass gasifier-an optimization on non-wood material
Author(s) -
Dian Andriani,
Tinton Dwi Atmaja,
Maulana Arifin,
Ahmad Rajani,
Kusnadi Kusnadi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/293/1/012010
Subject(s) - pellet , wood gas generator , pellets , biomass (ecology) , miscanthus , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , heat of combustion , straw , waste management , bioenergy , raw material , biofuel , materials science , combustion , composite material , agronomy , engineering , chemistry , coal , organic chemistry , biology
Biomass gasifier is one of many trends in sustainable energy exploration to compete with solar and wind. The fuel was commonly dominated by wood-based pellet which has high-quality parameters such as pellet size, pellet durability, tar content, heating value, and ash content. However, non-wood fuel sources should also be considered since they have readability and no less quality parameter. This study was conducted to select and analyze the non-wood materials which are capable of fueling biomass gasifier. Shell pellet, wheat straw pellet, and miscanthus pellets were analyzed in this study to be attributed in a certain treatment. The treatments were included size reduction, gas heating, increasing durability, and ash content. The treatments have been proven to enhance the quality parameter of non-wood pellet. This result had ensured the improvement of biomass gasifier for no longer depending on wood pellet.