Uniqueness of IISc Biomass Gasification Technology (pdf)
"1. It is a modern fuel –flex system that includes urban solid waste.
2. It has an open top as against closed top of most designs
3. It has staged air injection that is not adopted by any other gasification technology in the World
4. Its reactor design with a ceramic inner shell – diameter and stages of air injection and associated details are tuned to provide a thermal and chemical environment to convert most tar molecules to simpler compounds.
5. The quality of the gas from the gasification system in terms of gas composition, hot and cold tar are established in rigorous tests in India and overseas as per the European test requirements through third party inspection and independent laboratory tests. The results are compared with those of several European designs (see Tables 1 to 5 and Figures 1 to 3)."
Biomass Gasification for Heat and Power Applications
Combustion, Gasification & Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL)
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
"The Combustion, Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), at the Indian Institute of Science, is involved in innovative research and developmental activity in the field of Bio-resource in addition to frontier work in Aerospace propulsion. Besides fundamental studies, this laboratory has developed techniques of gasifying a wide range of biomass including agro-residues. These techniques have been perfected into small independent power plants, which could serve thermal or electricity needs of industry or rural society."