Urban Waste-To-Energy by Incineration Process
- August 30, 2018
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science (IJLTEMAS)
Volume VII, Issue VIII, August 2018 | ISSN 2278-2540
Urban Waste-To-Energy by Incineration Process
Pandit Amitkumar Ramprakash
Lecturer in Electrical Dept., S. B. Polytechnic, Savli-391770, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Abstract: – Electrical power sector is the vital part of National Energy Sector. Various non-conventional and conventional energy sources are converted to electrical energy for quick, automatic controlled, easy, power transmission and supply of rich-quality and clean energy to satisfy the consumers at all times at lowest possible cost for ultimate utilization in domestic, industrial, commercial, transport and agricultural sectors.
Today in rapidly changing Energy Scenario, Biomass is the important renewable energy source for the 21st century, particularly for rural and urban applications and has following principal routes of energy conversion:
Incineration of dry biomass to obtain heat.
Anaerobic digestion of wet biomass to obtain methane.
Biochemical reactions giving biogases, chemicals etc.
Photo chemical processes of biomass energy conversion
Fermentation to obtain ethyl alcohol.
Key Words: Incineration, Anaerobic, Photo chemical, Fermentation, Manure.
I. INTRODUCTION
In the list of energy resources, new biomass fuels are introducing day-by-day. Biomass is being used for production of process heat and electricity, producing gaseous and solid fuels, liquid chemicals etc.
Among many biomass conversion processes, one of the most important technologies is Incineration (combustion). Incineration process is combustion up to formation of ashes. This process converts the biomass to heat by burning. The ratings of waste incineration power plants are in the range of fraction of KW to about 200 MW. As soon as in the incineration process, once the heating up takes place and the process is started, the energy conversion is continuous without delay of time. For smaller plants (furnaces, kilns, fluidized bed combustion chambers etc.) the incineration process gives the heat which is used for producing hot water, process steam etc. In case of large plants of MW range (1 MW to 200 MW) the thermal energy from biomass incineration is converted to electrical energy and the energy is transmitted to load centre for further distribution.
