IGSTC Indo-German Project
Combined Solar-Updraft and Single-Chamber Pyrolysis System for Biochar Production
Project Updates
Completed Thesis Works – 1 Jan 2019 to 30 Mar 2020
Thesis type Name of student Title of Thesis Duration Master Wasim Zeini Exergy Based Analysis of Combined Organic Waste Treatment through Solar ...
Completion of Pyrolysis Reactor Design
A C63-F pyrolysis machine is designed and installed for the project. The machine is already manufactured in Rehburg-Loccum and fitted in a container. For conden ...
Design of Pilot Scale Solar Chimney
The evaporation rate (rev) within the controlled solar drying environment is predicted through vapour balance equation in order to estimate the drying rate (rd. ...
Lab Scale Drying Experiments
The laboratory-scale solar drying system consists of an aluminium frame and polycarbonate panels for the walls and roof, as shown in Appendix xx. The drying sys ...
Conference and Publications
- Weichgrebe, D., Mondal, M.M., Nair, R.R. (2020) “Biochar production though combined solar drying & single chamber pyrolysis” in “Bio-Char II: Production, Characterization and Applications”, ECI Symposium Series, (2019). https://dc.engconfintl.org/biochar_ii/61
- Nair, R.R., Mondal, M.M., Weichgrebe, D. (2019) Investigation of biochar from co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge, anaerobic digestate and banana peduncles, 28th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition EUBCE 2020, July 6-9, 2020, Marseille, France. (accepted for oral presentation)
- Nair, R.R, Mondal M.M, Weichgrebe D. (2020) Biochar from co-pyrolysis of urban organic wastes—investigation of carbon sink potential using ATR-FTIR and TGA, Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery (doi: 10.1007/s13399-020-01000-9)