Performance Of Total Renewable Energy Fueled Diesel Generator Using Producer Gas And Palm Oil

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dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Muhammad Iqbal
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T07:10:38Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T07:10:38Z
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.description.abstractToday, the world is implementing the use of green energy in promoting renewable energy. Mostly, the interest lies in the depletion of fossil fuel and the environmental degradation which has prompted the use of biomass as a source of energy. A suction biomass gasifier was thus selected for energy conversion due to reliable in thermal output, broad range of fuel sizes and the output producer gas with less tar content. The gasifier was designed with an inner diameter of 350mm, 1.1m in height and has a 25kW thermal output. It is attached to a gas cooling and cleaning system (GCC) to remove some of the particulate, water vapor and tar. In the study, a suction biomass gasifier was used to carry out the gasification experiments using wood waste and connected to a diesel engine-generator to generate electricity. Wood chip has a low calorific value, LHVBiomass of 17.92MJ/kg while producer gas has a typical LHVPG of 4.2MJ/Nm3. Diesel generators with 5.5kWe (rated speed of 1500rev/min) was used for the dual fuel experiment. In dual fuel mode operation, diesel displacement was 60% at partial load (1500 rev/min). Results show that the emission levels of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and unburned hydrocarbon (HC) are relatively higher than neat diesel. However, NOX emission of dual fuel mode is always lower than neat diesel. Available alternative fuel is palm oil with high energy content that can be adopted as an alternative to petroleum based fuel. Research was carried out to evaluate the performance and emission by experimenting on palm oil as fuel in diesel engine.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8778
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectRenewable Energy Fueled Dieselen_US
dc.subjectProducer Gas And Palm Oilen_US
dc.titlePerformance Of Total Renewable Energy Fueled Diesel Generator Using Producer Gas And Palm Oilen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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