भाकृअनुप - केन्द्रीय कृषि अभियांत्रिकी संस्थान, भोपाल
ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
CRP on Energy from Agriculture
About CRP on EA
Energy needs of agriculture would be able to balance out with energy generation from agriculture. Certain sub-sectors of agriculture, such as dairy farm, are at the level of being energy self-reliant. Similarly, other sub-sectors could be made energy neutral by adopting developed technology into an energy-neutral sector without sacrificing growth.
Mandate/Major programme/Mission
The consortia research platform on energy in agriculture is mandated to facilitate basic research on biomass based energy generation and conduct the research and demonstration on energy efficiency in agricultural operations with a view to enhance the share of renewable energy use in Indian agriculture and resulting into lower carbon foot print.
Objectives/Thrust Areas
- To develop technological packages for greater energy use efficiency in agriculture.
- To conduct basic and strategic research for development of process and technology for generation of liquid bio fuel from biomass like algal, crop residues etc and establishing facility for advance bio energy research.
- To develop, upscale, demonstrate and commercialize renewable energy technologies for production and processing of agro produce livestock and fisheries to reduce dependence on conventional energy.
Contact Us
Dr. Sandip Gangil
Lead Centre Project Co-ordinator
Phone: (O)+91-755-2521132
Email: sandip.gangil@icar.gov.in
| S. No. | Name of Centre | Principal Investigator Details |
Phone,
Fax No., E-mail address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TNAU, Coimbatore | Dr. S Pugalendhi, Professor & Head, Dept. of Bioenergy, |
E-mail: bioenergy@tnau.ac.in, |
| 2. | MPUAT, Udaipur | Dr. NL Panwar, Professor, Department of Renewable Engineering, CTAE |
E-mail: nlpanwar@rediffmail.com |
| 3. | SPRERI, VV Nagar | Dr. Gaurav Mishra, Director |
E-mail: director@spreri.org |
| 4. | JAU, Junagadh |
Dr. P.M. Chauhan, Professor & Head, DREE, CAET |
E-mail: pmchauhan@jau.in |
| 5. | PAU, Ludhiana |
Dr. Sarbjit Singh Sooch, Senior Research Engineer, DREE, CAET, PAU, |
E-mail: sssooch@pau.edu, sssooch@rediffmail.com |
Current Research Programmes
- Development of technologies for production and processing of bio oil from crop residues.
- Development of technologies for production of ethanol from crop residues.
- Development of technologies & process for production and harvesting of algal biomass.
- Reduction in carbon footprint and energy intensity in production agriculture.
- Development of technology for value addition of crop residues for domestic/agro industrial applications.
- Sizing and refinement of developed technologies for field demonstration.
- Development of new designs of gasifier for higher efficiency and to handle high ash content biomass.
- Sizing, refinement and demonstration of technological packages for value addition of crop residues in the form of briquettes (solid fuel), bio char, biogas and liquid bio oil.
Prominent Technologies Developed
The project operates to facilitate basic research on biomass based energy generation and conduct the research and demonstration on energy efficiency in agricultural operations with a view to enhance the share of renewable energy use in Indian agriculture and resulting into lower carbon footprint. Activities are carried out through seven research centres spread across the country.
Utilization of agro-residue derived pyrolysis oil for thermal applications
A bio-oil burner has been designed and developed by SPRERI, VV Nagar which comprises of a bio-oil reservoir, bio-oil tank with heater, strainer filter, screw pump and dual fuel burner. The developed unit was retrofitted to a 100 LPH steam generating capacity boiler. The fuel capacity of developed burner is 23 kg/h. The cost for steam generation was estimated to be Rs. 15.5/kg.
Hydrothermal liquefaction reactor for biocrude production from lignocellulosic biomass
A hydrothermal liquefaction reactor having 5 l capacity was developed by TNAU, Coimbatore for biocrude production. Maximum biocrude yield of 28.4 percent was obtained for orange peel at 275ºC, 40 min reaction time and 25 percent total solids. The co-products of HTL process viz. aqueous phase and char yield ranged from 58 - 86 percent and 0.95 - 3.5 percent, respectively.The energy efficiency of HTL process for maximum biocrude production was found to be 78.9 percent.
Biochar production and gaseous fuel for thermal application through open-core gasification of biomass.
Open core throat less downdraft gasifier system was developed at JAU, Junagadh (fig. 2) consisting of mainly a reactor, gas duct pipe, cyclone separator, tar separator and cooling tower, blower and thermal unit etc. The gasifier reactor was having capacity of 80 MJ/h. The maximum gasification efficiency was 75.6 percent at the gas flow rate of 22 m3/h. The highest recovery of biochar was 24.9 percent with gas flow rate of 22 m3/ h for shredded cotton stalk as feed.
Application of PV system for production and harvesting of microalgae
The power requirement for operating paddle wheel for circulation the water 0.186 KW The electrical energy (DC) required for harvesting microalgae was 50 V, 3 Amp for this .the integration of PV system with micro algae production and harvesting system was done by selecting Two number of PV panel of 270 W(p) and 31.50 V. A system is being developed to trap energy from solar for algae production and harvesting.
