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FERNANDES, Marcelo Côrtes and SANCHEZ, Caio Glauco. Projeto gaseificação de gramínea (pennisetum purpureum).. In: ENCONTRO DE ENERGIA NO MEIO RURAL, 3., 2000, Campinas. Proceedings online... Available from: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000022000000200002&lng=en&nrm=abn>. Acess on: 29 Apr. 2024.
This study is part of a greater project from IPT (São Paulo's Institute of Technology), which foresaw an energetic use for elephant-grass (pennisetum purpureum) Biomass gasification is an sustainable option for energy supply, which presents low pollutants emission rate and allows - through the global cycle of growing and consumption of feedstock (vegetables), a balance between consumption and production of carbonic gas, preventing an increase of the carbonic gas levels in the atmosphere. A gasifier was built with internal diameter of 400mm and total height of 4600mm . The equipment was tested for gasification of elephant-grass (pennisetum purpureum) at a 100 kg/h rate. The equipment was tested and some constructive faults were detected. In the countryside, this biomass is commonly used for cattle feeding It was evaluated an adequate diesel-electric-generator. to work at hybrid regime, using 70% biomass gas and 30% diesel. With the equipment's construction costs, could be made a first economic feasibility assessment on the pilot-plant to produce electricity by elephant-grass gasification at rural communities. The annual cost of the investment was estimated. The cost of electricity was calculated as a function of the capital cost and the diesel price. This study found values between 0,16 and 0,23 R$/kWh for the produced electricity, what points towards the feasibility of this project.
Keywords : Biomassa; gaseificação; gaseificadores; eletrificação rural; viabilidade econômica; engenharia econômica.