Biomass Energy Systems : Proceedings of the International Conference 26-27 Feb. 1996
Contents: Preface. I. Biomass Supply and Demand, and Policy Issues: 1. Forests as biomass energy resource in India/B.N. Dwivedi & O.N. Kaul. 2. Woodfuels under community forestry protection in Orissa, India/N.C. Saxena. 3. Framework for biomass energy technology promotion in mountain areas/K. Rijal. 4. Biomass programme in India: an overview/N.P. Singh. 5. Biomass fuel consumption and formulation of household energy strategy in Pakistan/S.W. Haider. 6. Multipurpose tree species of bioenergy production/J.S. Rawat, S.P. Banerjee & B.N. Dwivedi. 7. Joint forest management: institutional initiatives towards biomass enhancement/O.N. Kaul, V. Singh & V. Varalakshmi. 8. A biomass based strategy for meeting energy needs in rural areas/P.P. Dua & S.B. Rao. 9. Fuel characteristics of some indigenous wood species of north-east India/R. Kataki, D. Deka & D. Konwer. 10. Energy from biomass: prospects in India/M. Kulshrestha, M.V.S. Iyer & T. Thakur. 11. Application of the geographic information system in decentralized energy planning/S. Sinha, D. Singh & N. Hazarika. 12. Coping with biomass scarcity: a village case study/S. Agarwal, A. Sharma, V. Singh, S. Dutta & P. Venkata Ramana. 13. Biomass wood resources in the central Himalayan region: an analysis of supply and consumption/R. Prasad & A. Sharma. 14. Intervention of biomass energy systems--a case study of a peri-urban village: Dhanawas/R.C. Pal, S. Dutta, S.N. Srinivas & P. Venkata Ramana.
II. Biomass Processing and Liquid Fuels: 15. Biomass feed processing for energy conversion/P.D. Grover. 16. Pyrolysis as a means for using paddy straw as domestic fuel/Y.P. Gupta. 17. Polluation--free utilization of biomass through combustion, carbonization, and briquetting of residual char/Shwe Naga Tin Win. 18. Analysis and modelling of the pyrolysis of biomass: kinetics and heat transfer in a single particle/P. Gupta & R.K. Saha. 19. Scope of native biofuels in the replacement of diesel/T.M. Haridasan, M. Murugan, V. Narasimhan, B. Raja, G. Thirumurugan & M. Venkateswari. 20. Combustion characteristics of methanol for fumigated surface ignition IC engine/S. Jayaraj & S. Subramaniyam. III. Biomass Gasification: 21. Combustion and gasification of rice husk/A.P. Bhatnagar. 22. Biomass gasifiers: a boon to semi-arid agriculture/H.N. Chanakya, H.I. Somashekar, P. Nanjundappa, S. Dasappa, U. Shrinivasa & H.S. Mukunda. 23. Biomass gasifier systems for community kitchens/K.N. Patil & P.V. Ramana. 24. Rice husk as fuel in small-scale cement industry/P.C. Borthakur, P. Barkakati, D. Bordoloi & A.C. Baruah. 25. R & D requirements in biomass combustion and gasification/O.P. Rao. 26. Producer gas as a superior cooking fuel: results of emission and efficiency tests/R. Uma, K. Lata, V.V.N. Kishore & K.R. Smith. 27. Experimental optimization of nozzle parameters leading to design concepts for biomass gasifiers/S.A. Channiwala & P.P. Parikh.
IV. Improved Cookstoves: 28. Development of multifuel and biomass cookstoves/S. Khuntia. 29. Commercialization of improved chulhas in Maharashtra/A.D. Karve & R.D. Hanbar. 30. Commercialization of technology for domestic cooking applications/R. George. 31. Thenmal-efficient metal cookstoves with water heating arrangement for cold climates/R. Aggarwal & O.P. Sharma. 32. Fuel usage in Delhi slums and exposure to air pollution/S. Saksena, V. Ravi Shankar, R.K. Prasad, P. Malhotra, P.B. Singh, R. Prasad, K.K. Srivastava, M. Saxena, A. Mirza, V.P. Singh, R.S. Patil, V. Joshi & D. Guha Sapir. 33. Improved cookstoves for biomass conservation in the central Himalayan region/R. Prasad. 34. Traditional cookstove--HARA: efficiency, emission, and scope for modifications/P. Malhotra, S. Sharma, R. Uma, R.C. Pal, S.N. Srinivas & V.V.N. Kishore.
V. Biogas Technology: 35. Biogas programme in Nepal/K.M. Gautam. 36. A biomass-based strategy for meeting energy needs for rural development/S.S. Arora. 37. Biogas from leaf biomass: prospects and problems/K.S. Jagadish. 38. Economic design of biomethanation/C.V. Krishna & P.K. Paikray. 39. Advances in materials technology in the optimization of biogas plants/V.N. Gore, S.B. Agnihotri & P. Paikray. 40. The biogas programme: AKRSP (I) experiences/M. Bilgi. VI. Municipal Solid Wastes: 41. Biomethanation: an overview/K.C. Khandelwal. 42. Utilization of biomass from municipal solid wastes for energy recovery, recycling, and disposal/R.K. Jalan & V.K. Srivastava. 43. Power generation from municipal solid wastes through the biomethanation route/D.V. Kulkarni. 44. Bioenergy from municipal solid wastes with total solid management/M. Sen & R.K. Datta. 45. Biomethanation of prehydrolysate liquor using full-scale UASB reactors/A.D. Jalgaonkar, A.N. Bapat & A.G. Rao.
VII. Biomass-Based Power Generation: 46. Biomass energy: the UK programme/S.N. Barker. 47. Independent rural power producers: an instrument for sustainable rural development/H. Sharan & A. Khosla. 48. Biomass technology in Britain and Europe/D.J. Fulford. 49. Sugarcane as a renewable energy crop/J.K. Gehlawat. 50. Sustainable use of sugarcane as a source of food and fuel in small and medium villages/M.N. Vijayakumar.
"Biomass is likely to remain one of the most important energy sources in India, as it is in many other developing countries, in the foreseeable future. Developing and promoting techno-economically viable technologies to utilize biomass in an efficient manner is of high priority. This has been the major thrust of the International Conference on Biomass Energy Systems held on 26-27 February 1996 at New Delhi. This conference was jointly organized by the Tata Energy Research Institute and the British Council Division of the British High Commission. This volume contains the papers presented at the conference."
