Abstract
The usage of palm oil empty fruit bunches (EFBs) in the gasification process adds value to the empty bunches as a renewable energy source. In this study, we design and manufacture a new updraft type of gasifier reactor without a blower so that it does not require electric power in its operation, but uses power from engine suction. Our test results compare the use of biomass waste in conjunction with diesel fuel to run a diesel power plant for 20 min at a load of 10,000 W: diesel with coconut shell charcoal (350 mL), diesel with acacia wood charcoal (380 mL), and diesel with EFB charcoal (400 mL). The test shows that the highest efficient and the most optimal biomass in the gasification process is coconut shell charcoal, because coconut shell charcoal has a dense structure and, at the time of the experiment, the coconut shell charcoal was filled 15 cm below the gas outlet pipe hole. From the standpoint of the economic value of the gasifier reactor that is proposed in this study, the result with the lowest cost is that of diesel with EFB charcoal, because, in this experiment, EFBs were the biomass that was not purchased. The additional use of empty fruit bunches of charcoal is able to save 50% diesel usage.
Highlights
The issue of global warming that is marked by an increase in temperature and sea levels as well as various natural disasters has become the concern of most countries in the world, and, to curb the rate of global warming, many countries are committed to relinquish the use of fossil energy
The prototype is a stainless steel part in the form of rectangles and squares that are later mixed into one tool; the reactor serves as a place to convert solid fuel into gas while keeping the gas free of hazardous substances
The gasifier reactor operates by introducing filling material in the form of biomass, such as wood charcoal, coconut shell charcoal, and empty fruit bunches (EFBs), up to 20 cm below the gas pipe hole connected to the cooler
Summary
The issue of global warming that is marked by an increase in temperature and sea levels as well as various natural disasters has become the concern of most countries in the world, and, to curb the rate of global warming, many countries are committed to relinquish the use of fossil energy. The gasification process will add value to the empty bunches as a renewable energy source Fuels, such as biomass and coal, can be converted into combustible gases through gasification, which is a thermal conversion process. The choice of reactor type is one way to limit the amount of tar in the gasification process [15] By adopting this populist-based palm oil biomass gasifier reactor model, major businesses, and ordinary people, would gain from the benefits of the electricity. To achieve an energy-efficient power plant unit by utilizing local biomass (palm oil residues/solid waste) and electrical circumstances in Indonesia, we design a gasifier without a blower using palm oil waste. The pipeline’s gas flow rate must be sufficient to transport the dissolved solids to the proper discharge point, as shown in the figure below, rather than storing them in the pipeline as previously stated
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