Biomass and coal conversion projects of the USAID/GOI Alternative Energy Resources and Development Program. Semiannual report

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6204210

The US Agency for International Development (AID), in joint collaboration with the Government of India (GOI), is supporting the development of alternative energy resources with primary emphasis on the utilization of domestic coal and biomass feedstocks. The Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC) under a PASA agreement with the US Agency for International Development has the management responsibility for implementing the joint USAID/GOI cooperative alternate energy technology program. There are six projects in coal conversion and three in biomass conversion which are being implemented by PETC. The six coal projects are: evaluation of freeboard performance in a fluidized bed combustor; AFBC boiler scaleup; hot gas cleanup; cold gas cleanup and separation; rheology, stability, and combustion of coal/water mixtures; and coal beneficiation. The three biomass conversion projects are: development of a village-level gasifier for irrigation pumps based on charred agricultural residue; utilization of producer gas in small utility engines; and development and field implementation of small wood-based gasifier engine systems. This report describes in brief the work accomplished in the six months ending June 30, 1985 and the current status of the individual projects. (AT)

• Research Organization: Viking Energy Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-83PC60408
• OSTI ID: 6204210
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/60408-T6; ON: DE86005203
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SLURRIES
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WATER
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