Assessment of power potential of biomass wastes and estimation of power requirements in jute and rice processing industries
Student name: Mr Koushik Yanamandram
Guide: Dr V V N Kishore
Year of completion: 2013
Host Organisation: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Sunil Dhingra
Abstract: In this study, an attempt has been made to understand, analyze and estimate the potential of
biomass process wastes and power requirements in the processing technology of Jute and
Rice. This study is culmination of efforts to support the TERI – REEEP project of setting up
integrated decentralized Jute processing units with Biomass gasifier based DDG plant. The
preliminary processing technology of Jute and the study of power requirements of loom side
operations have been studied. The rice milling industry has also been studied to analyze the
possibility of implementing the biomass gasification based captive power generation system
that uses the rice husk that is generated in huge amounts. The study has shown that for Jute
processing mills, there should be a supplementary biomass fuel along with the jute biomass
to sustain the DDG plant. And in the rice mills, DDG is possible, provided the operational
hours in a year are more. In conclusion, different scenarios have been worked out to see if the
captive generation brings income through energy savings in the purview of high electricity
tariff and intermittent supply during the peak season.
