Performance Evaluation of High Pressure Down Draft Biomass Gasifier for BIG/GT Applications

The increase of fossil fuel consumption and depletion in its reserves is making the investigations in the area of power production and new fuel research , for quest in alternate fuels for combined cycles. The main objective of any researcher in combined cycle is that to maximize the thermal efficiency and utilize best available fuel for power generation, which is alternate way for utilizing renewable source of energy. Gasification technologies with combined cycle operation are more viable operation and its utilization in gas turbines is one of the known technical challenges the researchers around the world are facing today. The present work deals with design, performance and operation of biomass down draft gasifiers operating at high pressure above atmospheric conditions on different biomass fuels. A 32 KWe biomass down draft gasifier is designed and operated at high pressure and performance characteristics are presented for further review. Experiments were performed on the 32 KWe downdraft biomass gasifier and results are presented.