Abstract
Bangladesh is an agriculture based country and the major food comes from rice. The rice husk plant also produces a significant amount of byproduct which is used as energy. The production of rice husk is steady and increasing in trend in Bangladesh. This biomass energy is playing a significant role in the country energy use. The main consumer of the rice husk energy is the rice milling sector. About 70% of rice husk energy is consumed by the rice parboiling system. The wastes of rice husk energy can be reduced by replacing the improved system and CO level in flue gas can be reduced as well. The surplus rice husk is converted to rice husk briquette fuel which is used for cooking in small restaurant and poor household sector. The rice husk briquetting could generate employment and play a great role to reduce the CO2 reduction. Rice husk generated as a by-product of rice processing is an important energy resource. The availability of this resource in Bangladesh has been assessed and the technologies for exploitation of its energy potential in rice processing industry discussed. Nomographs have been developed for estimation of the husk required to meet the energy demand of parboiling, drying and milling operations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-143 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Engineering E-Transaction |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Bangladesh
- fuel
- rice hulls