Performance of a Gasifier Coupled to Internal Combustion Engine and Fired Using Corn Cob Feedstock in Biomass Energy Production

Jazuli Sanusi Kazaure; Ugochukwu Okwudili Matthew; Ubochi Chibueze Nwamouh

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Performance of a Gasifier Coupled to Internal Combustion Engine and Fired Using Corn Cob Feedstock in Biomass Energy Production

Jazuli Sanusi Kazaure, Ugochukwu Okwudili Matthew, Ubochi Chibueze Nwamouh

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The performances of renewable energy generation from Corn Cob feedstock in biomass gasification coupled to internal combustion engine (ICE) was implemented as an alternative energy sources to the underserved rural communities where the national grid power supplies are deficient. The biomass feedstock Corn Cob possessed an explicit energy resources that can be utilized in gasification systems for bioenergy creation due to its dense and uniform nature as well as its improved energy composition and its low sulfur and nitrogen concentrations. In this study, the biomass characterizations of Corn Cobs were investigated as energy generating constituent required for off-grid power generation schemes. Theoretical and experimental analysis of ten existing literature on Corn Cob feedstock biomass gasification methodology were reviewed, which helped to form key decisions in the design implementation. As the investigational experimentation of Corn Cob biomass gasification utilizing air as gasifying agent was accomplished, the syngas-based power generation was measured in a characterized gas-ICE. The renewable energy recovery from Corn Cob feedstock gasification in the current study showed an electricity generating capacity of approximately 200KW. The renewable energy formation with respect to solar energy system, wind and hydro together with biomass power gasification implementation are among the contemporary renewable energy alternatives to the dwindling power generating capacity necessitated by growing energy requirements in the developing countries. The combined thermochemical transformation of Corn Cob feedstock gasifier as power generating system characterized a technological paradigm shift to sustainable renewable energy future. The research findings disclosed that the gasification of Corn Cobs have energy potentials for a sustainable biofuel feedstock applications to renewable energy. The research concluded that Corn Cobs feedstock hydrolysed substrate produces certain concentration of bioethanol with high-level anti-knock characterisation as a result of its distinguishable octane composition and prominent latent heat of evaporation that diminishes the compressed gas temperature throughout the compression stroke used in the internal combustion engine as renewable energy sources.

Published in	International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy (Volume 11, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijrse.20221102.11
Page(s)	35-46
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Biomass Gasification, Bioenergy, Green House Effect, Carbon Emission, Fossil Fuels, Corn Cob, Internal Combustion Engine, Renewable Energy, Syngas

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Electrical Electronics Engineering Department, Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Nigeria
Ugochukwu Okwudili Matthew

Computer Science Department, Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Nigeria
Ubochi Chibueze Nwamouh

Computer Engineering Department, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria

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