Saeed, MA, Irshad, A, Sattar, H et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Agricultural Waste Biomass Energy Potential In Pakistan. In: Proceedings of the International Conference held in Shanghai, P.R. China. International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition and Asian Bioenergy Conference, 21-23 Oct 2015, Shanghai, P.R. China. ISBN 9788889407134
Abstract
Pakistan has a major electricity supply problem with urban areas having a very intermittent supply of electricity. The supply gap at periods of high demand is 6 GW. Pakistan has a large agricultural economic sector and produces a substantial amount of waste material that has little current economic use. This work shows that these agricultural wastes are a significant energy resource that could be used to generate electricity using relatively small biomass generator sets that could take all the waste biomass from the surrounding agricultural area. Pakistan currently imports most of the oil used for electricity generation. The cost of this result in high cost electricity and it is shown that bio-electricity could be generated competitively in Pakistan. It was estimated, based on 30% thermal efficiency of electric power generation, that the annual production of crop residues have the potential to generate 76% of the annual electricity requirements of Pakistan. For this to come from agricultural wastes in farmland, transport costs would have to be minimised. It is proposed that a series of about 10MWe plants should be established (which are commercially available) with all farms in about a 10km radius delivering their agricultural solid waste to the plant at the farmers cost with direct payment by the power generator.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015 ETA-Florence Renewable Energies |
Keywords: | Agricultural residue; Renewable energies; Biofuel |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2016 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 06:44 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5071/IBSCE2015-1CO.1.2 |
Status: | Published |
Identification Number: | 10.5071/IBSCE2015-1CO.1.2 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98565 |