Operational experience on a grid connected 100kWe biomass gasification power plant in Karnataka, India

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Dasappa, S ^a   Subbukrishna, D N ^a   Suresh, K C ^a   Paul, P J ^a   Prabhu, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification system; Distributed power generation; Grid connection; Rural energy

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ENGINES; FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; RURAL AREAS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION SYSTEM; GRID CONNECTIONS; INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; RURAL ENERGY; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

BIOMASS POWER; CAPACITY BUILDING; ELECTRICAL POWER; FUEL CONSUMPTION; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RURAL ENERGY;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 80052966022     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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