Case Studies on Small Scale Biomass Gasifier Based Decentralized Energy Generation Systems
G. Sridhar, H. V. Sridhar, Basawaraj, M.S.Sudarshan H. I. Somsekhar, S. Dasappa and, P. J.Paul
Combustion Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, India
Abstract
The growth of the economy is directly linked to the availability of quality power. As per
the estimates of the Ministry of Power, Government of India [1], there is a power deficit
to an extent of 8% in the country. It is planned to mitigate this shortfall by increasing the
share of contribution of renewable sources in the energy portfolio. Renewable energy is
also intended to be used in decentralized power generation systems in order to mitigate
the power crises in the rural areas. This concept of decentralized power generation and
distribution has been successfully demonstrated in two villages of India based on Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) biomass gasification technology. One of them is a
demonstration plant which had operated for more than 15 years in an un-electrified
village named Hosahalli in Tumkur district, Karnataka. The other plant is related to the
recently installed plant at Kasai village in Madhya Pradesh under the Village Energy
Security Program (VESP) of the Ministry for New and Renewable Sources (MNRE),
Govt. of India. These two are presented as case studies in this paper along with the 5 kWe
demonstration model working at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and
Development (MGRIRED).

DST/ NMBA has approved the establishment of a 25 Kwe fabricated gasifier with producer gas engine at Namsai, Lohit district.
DST/ NMBA has approved the establishment of a 25 Kwe (35 kg/ hour) gasifier to provide electricity for a residential educational establishment (Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Dahung) in Arunachal Pradesh.
DST/ NMBA will support, for off-grid and remote villages, a programme of induction of 6 bamboo gasifiers in 2007 (in the 25 Kwe - 75 Kwe range), to provide electricity to villages, or to institutions (residential schools, health sub-centres, small enterprises).

http://dst.gov.in/admin_finance/ls_9/un_sq561.htm

List of Gasifier Manufacturers working in collaboration with NMBA for induction of bamboo based gasifier systems

IISc’s Cuba connection: A biomass gasifier will be shipped to Cocodrilo for generating power
Divya Gandhi, The Hindu,Online Edition, Karnataka. July 4, 2007
IIsc Gasifier

Development of producer gas engines

Examples of Indian Institute of Science Gasifiers
Mrs. Gayathri V. Combustion, Gasification & Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), Dept. of Aerospace Engineering,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India January 29, 2007

Arashi Hi - Tech Bio Power Pvt Ltd , Sultanpet, Tamil Nadu

Uniqueness of IISc Biomass Gasification Technology (pdf)

Validation Report of a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Biomass Gasifier Power Plant Project in the north-Indian State of Bihar
Andreas Gantenbein, Centre for Energy Policies and Economics (CEPE), Department of Environmental Sciences (D-UWIS), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, October 2005