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The Future of Bioenergy is in this Book-less Library breakingenergy.com, 16th may 2-16, By Cory Hatch – Idaho National Laboratory The Bioenergy Feedstock Library contains no books. What it does contain is information about biomass — organic material such as corn stover, switchgrass, wood chips and wheat straw. Nearly 50,000 biomass database entries and more […]
Presented by Eng. Asoka Aeygunewardene Delivered at IESL – Wimalasurendra Auditorium, 120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo-07 on 26 May 2016.
By Parakrama Jayasinghe Introduction At long last the much hoped for end to the LTTE and the terrorism and the liberation of whole of Sri Lanka have been achieved. While this is a cause for celebration by all Sri Lankans a different type of war and struggle has to be faced now. It is the […]
Published in the Daily Mirror on 03 June 2008 By Parakrama Jayasinghe – President, Bio-Energy Association of Sri Lanka The present situation is more a financial crisis than an energy crisis due to the overdependence on imported sources of energy and the escalation of world prices over which we have no control at all. It […]
The way forward for the use of wood and agricultural waste for energy production in S.E. Asia. Project Summary Location The project calls for a conference and linked workshops which will be centred on Sri Lanka. Summary This project will be centred around the staging of an international conference on the subject of the development […]
The energy crisis Sri Lanka needs at least 150 MW to be added to the generation capacity every year to meet the projected 7-8% growth in demand for electricity We have nearly exhausted all hydro capacity except for about 200 MW of Mini Hydro The future generation will need to be thermal which is currently […]
Biomass in electrical generation refers to the use of wood, preferably grown in a sustainable manner, as the fuel to be converted to energy or electricity. Biomass is alternatively referred to as Dendro, from the Greek word for wood. Sustainable growing of wood instead of cutting down forest to obtain the fuel ensures that Biomass […]
What is Gasification? Gasification is technology developed to convert carbon based solid fuels to a gaseous form containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. This gas is called the SynGas. Gaseous fuels are preferred to solid fuels due to its ease in handling and controlling flow and also better combustion performance. Biomass gasification is a world-wide accepted […]
The Science of Gasification (part 4/7) Jim Mason, Co-Founder of All Power Labs explains the science of gasification. Berkeley, CA. 3/30/12. Part 4 of 7 Gasification 101 – Explanation on background processes that happen with gasification Jim Mason, Founder/CEO of All Power Labs, lectures about gasification. Berkeley, CA. 8/9/13. Part 1 of 3 […]
