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Technological evolution in Biopower drives the future energy sector in India: Ken Research
Biomass is a source of fuel developed from organic materials which is a renewable and
sustainable source of energy. Biomass is used to generate electricity or other forms of power.
The biopower technologies convert these renewable biomass fuels into heat and electric
energy. Burning, bacterial decay, and conversion to gas/liquid fuel are three ways to release the
energy stored in biomass fuels to produce biopower. Bio-electricity is generated through direct
combustion technique where biomass fuel is burned in a boiler to produce high-pressure
steam. This steam runs over a series of turbine blades rotating them which drives a generator,
thereby, producing electricity. Biomass is a substitute of coal in many existing power plant
furnace in India, using co-firing process where two types of fuels are burnt at the same time.
Organic waste materials such as animal dung or human sewage are collected in oxygen-free
tanks called digesters. The waste is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria producing methane and
other by products forming renewable natural gas. This renewable natural gas can be purified
and used to generate electricity. Biomass fuels undergo gasification and pyrolysis to convert
from a gaseous fuel or a liquid fuel or vice-versa. Gasification process of solid biomass is carried
out at high temperatures with very less supply of oxygen to produce synthesis gas. This gas is
burned in a conventional boiler to produce electricity that is used to replace natural gas in small
power plants. Pyrolysis process of biomass is carried out at lower temperature range with
complete absence of oxygen to produce a crude bio-oil. This bio-oil is substituted with fuel oil
or diesel in furnaces, turbines, and engines for electricity production.
According to the study “Biopower in India, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2017-Capacity,
Generation, Levelized Cost Of Energy (Lcoe), Investment Trends, Regulations And Company
Profiles”, India’s renewable energy resources include solar, wind, small hydro, waste to energy,
bio energy. All available conventional natural resources are expected to exhaust in near future
including hydro power because water is now a scarce resource. Renewable natural sources such
as wind and solar resource do not exhaust completely even if fully they are completely utilized.
Other renewable natural resources are bio-wastes that can be converted in to energy. The
leading players in the biopower sector are The Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited, Bajaj Hindusthan
Ltd., Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Mawana Sugars Limited, DCM Shriram Limited, EID Parry
(India) Limited and Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.
Coal when undergoes combustion emits carbon soot and carbon monoxide causing respiratory
diseases. Coal mining is a risky job and human right violation due to the unsafe environment.
There were instances where miners were killed due to collapse of mining roofs and inhalation
of hazardous gases such as Methane. Spillage of crude oil from oil rigs and pipelines into the
water bodies are threatening the survival of marine life. Nuclear energy emits hazardous