Potential of Pine Needle Biomass as an Alternative Fuel to Mitigate Forest Fire in Uttarakhand Himalayas - A Review

Autor:	Ramesh Pal, T. P. Singh, Padam Singh, Yogesh Kumar Negi, Rajat Sharma
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Agroforestry Environmental science Biomass Alternative fuels
Zdroj:	Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 58:192-203
ISSN:	0976-2418 0256-6524
Popis:	Pine needle is a typical biomass which is abundantly available in Uttarakhand hills. This shredded biomass contributes significantly in forest fire occurring regularly in Uttarakhand. Different energy harnessing routes as direct combustion, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, gasification, and briquetting for pine needles were reviewed. These routes were further compared on the basis of energy consumption and energy efficiency of the process as per the available literature. The review suggested that briquetting of pine needles and its anaerobic digestion are two most energy efficient methods having energy efficiency of 88% and 41.6% respectively. The estimated energy required for briquetting of 1 ton pine needle was 1370.5 MJ whereas for gasification it was 1170 MJ.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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