First workshop on biomass and coal conversion programs of the USAID/GOI Alternative Energy Resources Development Project. Report on trip to India, November 7-19, 1983

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5333924

The intent of the workshop was to provide a forum for a technical exchange between the US and Indian specialists in specific areas of interest in coal/biomass conversion. The meeting also served the objective of acquainting each side with regard to the ''State of the Art'' and ongoing research and development activities in the US and India. Work plans were developed and modified for implementing the selected projects. At the end of the workshop site visits were made to assess the facilities and equipment and meet the technical personnel available to carry out the proposed projects. Six projects were 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; AFB Boiler Scale-Up; Hot Gas Cleanup; Cold Gas Cleanup and Separation; Rheology, Stability, and Combustion of Coal-Water Mixtures; and Coal Beneficiation. The three major biomass conversion projects are: Development of a village-level gasifier (5 hp for irrigation pumps based on charred agricultural residue); Utilization of producer gas in small horsepower (3 to 5 hp) utility engines; and Development and field implementation of small wood-based gasifier-engine systems (5 30 30 hp).

• Research Organization: Viking Energy Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-83PC60408
• OSTI ID: 5333924
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/60408-T2; ON: DE85017294
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
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Lignite
& Peat-- Purification & Upgrading
010600 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Properties & Composition
013000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
014000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
09 BIOMASS FUELS
090122 -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass-- (1976-1989)
AGREEMENTS
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ASIA
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
BIOMASS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL PREPARATION
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTORS
COOPERATION
COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTORS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUEL SLURRIES
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS GENERATORS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HOT GAS CLEANUP
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDIA
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
LOW BTU GAS
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC WASTES
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRODUCER GAS
PURIFICATION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RHEOLOGY
SLURRIES
STABILITY
SUSPENSIONS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
USA
WASTES
WATER