Second annual workshop on biomass and coal conversion programs of the USAID/GOI Alternative Energy Resources Development Project. Trip report to India, January 24-February 8, 1985

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5324983

Highlights of the technical discussions presented at the workshop and the site visits are included in this report. The intent of the Workshop was to review the progress of the program during the past year; to encourage US specialists to discuss with their Indian counterparts the direction and future of the program; to assess the status of the individual projects through site visits to the facilities and address any concerns or anticipated problems in meeting the objectives of each of the collaborative projects; and to provide a forum for technical exchange between US and Indian industry to understand the need for and availability of technology, products and services in the US and India in specific areas of interest in coal and biomass conversion. There are six projects which have been selected for collaboration in coal conversion and three in biomass conversion. The six coal projects are: evaluation of freeboard performance in a fluidized-bed combustor; AFBC boiler scaleup; hot gas cleanup; cold gas cleanup; rheology; stability, and combustion of coal/water mixtures; and coal beneficiation. The 3 major biomass projects are: development of a village-level gasifier (5 HP) for irrigation pumps based on charred agricultural residue; utilization of producer gas in small (3 to 5 HP) utility engines; and development and field implementation of small wood-based gasifier engine systems (5 to 30 HP).

• Research Organization: Viking Energy Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-83PC60408
• OSTI ID: 5324983
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/60408-T3; ON: DE85017293
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGREEMENTS
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ASIA
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
BIOMASS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL PREPARATION
COMBUSTION
COOPERATION
COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS GENERATORS
GASES
HOT GAS CLEANUP
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
LOW BTU GAS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
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OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRODUCER GAS
PURIFICATION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RHEOLOGY
SLURRIES
STABILITY
SUSPENSIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WASTES
WATER
WOOD