Title:
Simulation of Producer Gas Engine Operation
Author(s):
Jain, A., Sridhar, G.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Biomass derived producer gas engine is a well recognized technology for distributed power generation. In such applications the gas engine generator is expected to serve a variety of electrical loads such as lighting, water pumps, appliances, industrial loads etc. As the demand side load varies, the gas engine generator is expected to match the demand within the shortest possible time and without large fluctuations in speed or frequency. Unlike a natural gas fuelled engine, where fuel gas is available at the requisite pressure and flow rate at all times, the producer gas engine is coupled to a gas generation system i.e. biomass gasifier and the fuel gas i.e. producer gas is generated on demand . So the gasifier and gas engine forms a coupled system with one mutually driving the other. So the study of the coupled system becomes intriguing and complicated, in particular during transient conditions. In this paper an attempt is made to model the gas engine behavior during steady state and transient conditions and validated against experimental results.
Keywords:
biomass, gasification, internal combustion engines, modelling, distributed generation
Topic:
R&D on Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals
Subtopic:
Gasification for power, CHP and polygeneration
Event:
20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2CO.7.1
Pages:
850 - 855
ISBN:
978-88-89407-54-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/20thEUBCE2012-2CO.7.1
Price:
FREE
