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The project focuses on the fabrication of a portable and efficient biomass stove designed to utilize rice husks as fuel for cooking. It aims to convert rice husks into combustible gases through a controlled burning process, producing a flame similar to that of LPG stoves. The outcome will be an efficient biomass stove that can be tested against traditional LPG stoves.

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The project focuses on the fabrication of a portable and efficient biomass stove designed to utilize rice husks as fuel for cooking. It aims to convert rice husks into combustible gases through a controlled burning process, producing a flame similar to that of LPG stoves. The outcome will be an efficient biomass stove that can be tested against traditional LPG stoves.

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VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY,

BELGAUM-590 014

Project synopsis on
“FABRICATION OF PORTABLE & EFFICIENT BIOMASS STOVE”

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of


BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Submitted By
Gururaja Kalasapala [2SR17ME012]
Jayant Pujar [2SR17ME015]
Manju Hirur [2SR17ME018]
Tushar Karjagi [2SR17ME037]

Under the Guidance Of


Mr.Rajesh kodbal M.Tech.PhD
(Associate Professor)
Department of Mechanical Engineering

2019-2020
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SRI TARLABALU JAGADGURU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
RANEBENNUR-581115

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INTRUDUCTION
A large portion of biomass produced in the rice growing regions is used as fuel for many
purposes including cooking. The rice husk and chaff which are the products available from
rice mills can also be utilised as fuel in case the rural people are provided with a proper stove.

Many households in cities have LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) stoves. Normally these are
provided with two burners of 1 and 3 kWth maximum capacity respectively, with operating
efficiencies of about 65%. The wick‐type kerosene stoves and the pressure‐fed stoves are also
of 1 ‐ 3 kWth capacity with operating efficiencies of 60‐65 %. A variety of wood stoves of
single, two and three pans have been conceived, designed, built and tested both in India and
abroad. The best efficiency of commercially available single pan stoves that are available in
India has been about 30 % (Mukunda et al 1988). Most of the single pan stoves designed so
far use to a large extent the diffusive flame between air and fuel for combustion and to transfer
heat directly to the vessel.

Rice husks and other fine residues have historically been regarded as worthless
wastes, disposed of by being burnt on site or, on occasions, flushed away into rivers. By
converting them into a resource, they become an asset rather than a liability. However, fine
particles have particular characteristics that make them impossible to burn in a standard stove.
The major sources are rice-husk and sawdust, but other residues, such as millet husk and peanut
shells can often be burnt.
Common to all fine residues is the need to get the mix of fuel to air correct. Where
residues are densely packed, air cannot reach the middle of a heap of residues, smouldering
occurs, along with lots of smoke.
Ways must be adopted to burn this smoke before it leaves the stove. If residues are too
widely dispersed, they are impractical to burn, but another approach allows fuel to trickle down,
mixing with the air in the correct proportions. For residues such as rice husk, there is the added
problem of low calorific value. This means that each small particle produces a lot of ash for a
small amount of heat. Getting rid of the ash must be addressed in the stove design. One way to
deal with such residues is to convert them into briquettes. In some circumstances this stove.

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Biomass stove

The biomass stove is a recently developed device for domestic cooking


utilizing rice husks as fuel. The stove was designed to burn rice husk using
limited amount of air for combustion to produce a luminous blue flame, which is
almost similar to that of the LPG stove.

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Principle of Operation

The rice husk gas stove follows the principle of producing combustible
gases, primarily carbon monoxide, from rice husk fuel by burning it with limited amount of
air. The rice husks are burned just enough to convert the fuel into char and allow the oxygen
in the air and other generated gases during the process to react with the carbon in the char
at a higher temperature to produce combustible carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2),
and methane(CH4). Other gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O) which
are not combustible, are also produced during gasification.

Possible out come:


At the end of the project a efficient biomass stove will be fabricated using rice husk as a
fuel trail runs for the stove will be conducted with respect to LPG gas stove.

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