energy award 2006 linthar re project (final)

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ASEAN CENTER FOR ENERGY(ACE)

Renewable Energy Project Competition

MYANMAR INVENTORS COOPERATIVE

SOCIETY(MICS)

12th May 2006

ASEAN Energy Awards(2006)

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION WITH RICE HUSK

GASIFIER

(Linn Tha)


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CERTIFICATION AND COVERING NOTE FROM CONSULTANTS,

MANUFACTURER AND THE OWNER.

Consultant Engineer.

U Htun Naing Aung

Engineering Consultant

Kyawzay Co.,Ltd

No.674 Tharaphi Street

Parami Avenue

Yankin Tsp, Yangon

MYANMAR

Tel: 95-1-667940, 571284

Manufacturer.

U Soe Tint Aung

Managing Director

Myanmar Inventors

Cooperative Society.

No.24 F/D Thant Zin Sub Street

Mayangone Tsp.

Yangon MYANMAR

Tel: 95-1-662835, 684301

Client (The Owner).

U Aung Thein Win

The Owner

Lin Tha Village; Sandwe Tsp.

Rakhine State MYANMAR

Tel: 95-43-42555 , 43222

The owner, the manufacturer and the consultant hereby happily agreed to welcome the

ACEs Board of Judges and the experts to visit the site verification of the authenticity of

the data presented.

The undersigned certified that the information provided is true, accurate and prepared by

the consent of all parties concerned.

The RH-6 Rice Husk Gasifier is manufactured by Myanmar Inventors Cooperatives

Society (MICS). It is bought and operated in Lin Tha village, Thandwe Township in

Rakhine State for the purpose of rice milling and rural electrification.

Focal Point.

U Soe Myint

Director General

Energy Planning Dept.

Ministry of Energy

Naypyidaw, MYANMAR

Tel: 95-67-411057 , Fax: 95-67-411113e.mail. [email protected]


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The Renewable Energy is one of the main co-topic not only in our ASEAN countries but

also globally all over the world to find out the answer before the fossil fuel is depleted.

All the people in ASEAN countries eat rice majority as daily main energy food for

living.

Therefore rice plantation, rice harvesting and rice milling would be forever with the

people.With this basic logic it is easily calculated that the rice husk would be available every

now and then.

With this idea in mind, Myanmar Inventors Cooperative Society (MICS)had tried to

develop the rice husk gasifier and promoting this technology within its own effort.

During ten years of experience, MCIS could produced rice husk gasifier better and better.

(Please see the invented and modified models on page 6.)

With its own R&D program MCIS could solved and achieved the tar content in the

producer gas which causes most trouble to engine.

This technology has provided less trouble, longer life of engine and better engineefficiency.

MCIS is now producing not only different sizes of rice husk gasifier but also the gasifier

run by other kinds of biomass such as wood chip, coconut palm, outside shell of peanut

and any kinds of wood trunk or branches., etc.

MCIS is presently manufacturing the following standard gasifiers.

No. Description

1 Model RH-6 RH-10 RH-15 RH-20 RH-25 RH-30

2 Engine Output (HP) 60 100 150 200 250 3003 Gen. Output (KWH) 30 50 75 100 125 150

With its wide range of products, the client has chances to

choose the suitable model within their own financial and

expected product output.

This is why the present owner had chose the rice husk

gasifier RH-6 expected to use as the main energy source

for rice mill and rural electrification where he lived in

Rakhine State in MYANMAR.

Introduction.

Energy is one of the main issue globally nowadays.

Energy can create economic crisis. Energy can create

political issues. Energy can afford the climate change.The

fossil fuel is estimated with present consumption as

depleting within 40~50 years from now which can be seen

within our life time.


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Project Location

Lin Tha is a small village located in Thandwe Township,

Rakhine State. The village is 200 miles North West of Yangon

and next to the Ngapali Beach.

Ngapali is one of the best natural white sand beach in the world

facing to the west on the bal of Bangal.With its white sand beach and shallow sea water it makes a

tourist attraction and resort destination place in Myanmar since

decades.

Ngapali Beach

The village entrance

Census Board

Ngapali .

Resort Hotel

Ngapali Beach


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The Original Design.

The basic principle of biomass gasification has been known in Myanmar since late 18thcentury and commercial application of the principle was first recorded in 1830.*

Biomass gasification is simply known as the conversion of solid biomass (wood, rice

husk, corn, etc) into combustible gas mixture called producer gas.

There are three different type of gasifier and four distinct processes in the gasifier

(reactor furnace) such as Drying, Pyrolysis, Combustion and Reduction.

1. Originality

With this basic principle and technology, City Electrification with wood gasifier was

utilized in Mawlamyaing Town in Myanmar during WWII.

The cheaper price of diesel and petrol in the market after WWII caused the gasifier less

attractive and put aside.

Within the context of environmental protection and global warming, Myanmar has been

gaining momentum in renewable energy and enhancing the social and economic lives of

rural people.The Central Research Organization had developed Wood Chip Gasifier in 1970.

The Myanmar Inventor Cooperative Society (MICS) had started the production of Rice

Husk Gasifier in 1990 and produced commercially since 1996.

MICS has developed and modified 16 different kinds and stages of gasifier and improved

the energy output and reduced tar content in the producer gas.**

Note. * The history record has been kept in the Myanmar National Library.** By modifying filter such as scrubber, tar separator and the filtering material.,etc.

Types of Gasifier


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16 different kinds of gasifiers that MICS has developed and modified are shown as

following.

Model 016

Model 015

Model 005

Model 012

Model 008

Model 009

Model 013

odel 011

Model 010

Model 003

Model 002

Model 001

Model 007


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Application.

The application of the Rice Husk Gasifier is presently used in many kinds of power

generation such as Rice Milling, Ice Factory and Electrification etc..

Biogasifier

Rice milling

Electrification

Ice Factory

Approach.

Even though the raw material rice husk is easily found and abundant waste in many rural

areas, the idea of rice husk gasification is a very strange to the villagers.

The rice husk from the rice milling is very reliable source of energy which is previously

thrown into the nearby river and caused pollution and also made the river shallow.

All the conventional rice mills(mid to large

scale) are using the rice husk as a mainenergy of direct firing to the boiler to

generate the steam and steam engine which

is the main power source for rice milling in

Myanmar.

Some modernize rice mills are using the

electric motors for the whole plant and

cause the surplus rice husk.

The estimated total rice husk available in

Myanmar is shown as the following.

#

Capacity

(tons/24hrs)

Estimated

paddy

production(x

103ton/year)

Estimated

husk

volume(x103

ton/year)

Rice Husk

used for

pow er(x103

ton/year)

State 68 5113 1537 307 32

Private 1158 26625 8002 1600 320

Total 1226 31738 9539 1907 352

10469 41341 12424 2485 -

11695 73079 21963 4392 352

Large

Scale

Rice Mill

Small Scale Rice Mills

Total


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With this energy policy and abundant rice husk waste from rice milling, the regional

authorities and the private investor are very much interested in the gasifier and decided

to start the project in Lin Tha village.

The following map shows the electricity supplying net work in Lin Tha village inThandwe Township, Rakhine State.

GOVERNMENTs ENERGY POLICY.

To maintain the Status of Energy Independence.

To promote wider use of New and Renewable Sources of Energy.

To promote Energy Efficiency and Conservation.

To promote use of Alternative Fuels in Household.

The Power House

The electricity distribution net work in Lin Tha village.

The central main road

Cable Post


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Amount of Emissions Avoided.

2.Environmental And Social Consideration

No. Description Content(%) Remarks

1 Amount of CO2 emission from (CEG) with boiler 25 Full load

2 Amount of CO2 emission with Gasifier 10 Full load

Emission Avoided 15

Community / People Participation.

The people in this area has lived without

electricity and has very little knowledge of

electricity. Everyone had concerned about

this project since it was laid down the

decision of implementation of this project as

they fully understand it could really benefit

to the their life style and the way of living.

Using with the fire tube boiler in the conventional rice mill,the main energy source comes from direct firing of rice husk

in the furnace. Steam generate the steam engine or turbine

and the generator which is run by steam engine or turbine

produces the electricity . C + O 2 = CO2

C + CO = 2CO

C + H2O = CO + H2

C + 2H2O = CH4 + O2

Population List

Name of Village Lin Tha

House Hold 480

Family 496

Population 1898

Livelihood (1) Fishing.

(2) Agriculture.

No. of school. 2

Exhaust smoke from the chimney generally contains CO2 as

22~25%.

It is measured CO2 in the exhaust gas of the gasifier as 9~10%.

Therefore the amount of CO2 emission from the gasifier exhaust

gas is found less amount than the Conventional Electric

Generation (CEG) with fire tube boiler.

The Power House

The Local government authorities (Township, District and State level) also provided the

necessary support and guidance as this project is useful to the community.


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Benefit to User.

No expense is needed for the fossil fuel.

With people interest and keen to improve their

standard of living the user knows it is the bestthings to do for the community and itself.

It is also easy to expect the regular income and

profitable ones when solving the community

needs.

Benefit to Community.

Create the employment and the villagers become income earners.

The community get improve their living standard compare to the life without electricity.

The lighting in the dark is invaluable mostly in the developing countries as it hasexperienced the darker nights.

The enjoyment of the villagers in the evening is undescribe able in words.

The following pictures were taken very recently at the evening prime time in Lin Tha

village.

As it is in the summer holiday the

school children are happy to read

comic & magazing at rental shop.

Playing Snooker is one of the

favorite sport for the youth.

Mum, I am watching TV. I love you more than I can say....


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Benefit to Country.

(1) Save the foreign currency for the purchase of

diesel oil.

(2) Maintain the Status of Energy Independence.

(3) Help the rural and remote area development

program.

Other features.

Benefits from Biomass Gasifier System Application

(1) The cost of using rice husk for gasifier is much cheaper than that of using fossil fuel for

internal combustion engine getting the same output electrification.

(2) Biomass Gasifier systems can create the opportunities for the betterment of social and

economic conditions of the rural people as the cost of diesel or petrol is too high.

(3) It can also enhance the development of new business opportunities for Private-sector

entrepreneurs.

One of the Video theatre in Lin Tha village.

Night Bazaar in Ngapali

The precious time of the day.

Next song is mine.

Extended Business Hour


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3.Technical, Economic Market Consideration

Installed Capacity.

The model no. RH-6

Engine Out put 60 HP

Generator Out put 30 KWTechnical Design.

Technical Performance.

A thermal converting process of dry biomass (Rice Husk)

feedstock into a mixture of gases called producer gas that can

be burnt in the internal combustion engines.

The electricity is developed from the generator directly

driven by the gasifier engine.Fuel requirement of biomass

(rice husk) is 1.6 Kg / kwh.Total estimated biomass required

is approximately 87 tons per year.

Reator

Furnace

Tar

Separator

Filters

Cooling

Tower

Scrubber

Blower

Ash

Remover

Fuel Characteristic.

Fuel type Rice Husk

Moisture content 10~12%

Size 1.2 cm

Ash Content 21%

System Characteristic.

Gasifier type Downdraft, Fixed Bed.Gasification Agent Air

Prime Mover Cargo LDT465 Gasoline Engine

Application Rice milling & Electrification

Technical Specification

Gasification Efficiency 70~80%

Overall Electric Efficiency 15~40%

Heating value of producer gas. 1200~1300 Kcal/Nm

Tar Content 120 mg/ Nm

Dust content clean gas 130 mg/ NmTemperature of producer gas(at engine inlet) 30~40 C

Biomass (rice husk) feeding rate 1.6 Kg/KWh


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Maintenance scheme (In house, contracted out service,

Government, others)

In house Management Team. One Manager,

Two Operators,

One Technician

Contracted Out Service. One Engineer. (MICS)

One Technician. (MICS)

Government & NGO. One Area Engineer.

(Rakhine States District Engineer.)

One Expert. (MES)

Man Hour. 3x17x365=18615manhr/year.

4. Operation And Maintenance SchemeOperation Hours (per day/per month/year)

Due to the double functions, the factory is run as following.

17 hours per day.(12 Hours rice milling + 5 hours lighting )

365 days per year.

6205 hours per year.

Regular maintenance measures.

MICS had provided the operator training during start up and tested their

skillful at the end of commissioning.It is also provided the operation

andregular maintenance scheme, such as the check list before enginestart and the timetable of filter change. ..etc.

Checking the Producer Gas

The regular maintenance procedure is very simple and easy to follow

up. It is written clearly on every parts of the gasifier not to be missed

out. (Please find on the picture.)

The most important in the maintenance scheme is to replace the gas

filter and it takes only a few minutes.

Schedule of Filter Change

Financial Scheme/Livelihood Projects.

N/A

Funder (Government and non-government)

Private Own.

Item Description Cost US$

1 Building Cost 2,500

2 Gasifier Unit 3,750

3 Gas Engine 1,250

4 Generator Unit 1,250

5 Electricity main & distribution system 4,583

6 Installation and Overhead Cost 2,000

Total 15,333

Investment Cost.

The estimated total project cost is as following.

By improving the filtering stage it is seen less cleaning is necessary. It

means less tar content in the producer gas.


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Replicability of project.

This project can be easily replicated in any area which has simple rise husk and the

communitys commitment to having electricity with self help initiatives.

The following pictures were taken at the semilar power house nearby village with

different makers.

5. Replicability

Thandwe Factory

Zee Phyu Gone Factory

Other maintenance measures (Training, after sales service )

Periodic Check up and Technical Information are provided by MICS

as a part of After Sales service.

Local Service Content

The Local government authorities such as Township, District and

State level are always keep in touch and give the necessary support

and guidance as this project is useful to the community.


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It can also be concluded from above presentation that using Gasifier is a kind of helping

hand in New and Renewable Energy implementing in Myanmar by various government

organizations, agencies, NGOs, private sector and others.

Myanmar is doing its best to comply with ASEAN expectation to utilize 10% of its

energy requirement from New and Renewable Energy sources by 2015.

CONCLUSION

The rice husk gasifier is the most suitable Renewable Energy to be utilized not only in

Myanmar but also to all the countries that produced rice.

It can be utilized in many sectors such as Rice milling, Ice making, Electrification, Saw

mill, Battery charging, the Home and Industrial use such as power supply and cooking.

Myanmar Inventors Cooperative Society never stops its R & D program as it needs to

improve tar free producer gas and more engine efficiency.

With these characteristics and good After-Sales service, the increasing number of users

are growing very quickly.

Please find the Sales record as following.

Sustainability of project.

Unit

179

244

1995~1999

2000~2005

Year

Life of project.

Starting Date. 15th Mar, 2005.

Cost Effectiveness (No cost, Low cost, High cost)

The total project cost of setting up is not high. The cost of raw material (rice husk)

is relatively low at present.

The Gasifiers produced by MICS has the following

characteristics.

(1)Simple Design.

(2)Easy Construction.

(3)Compactness.

(4)Convenient Operation.

(5)Simple Control System.(6)Easy Maintenance and Reliability.

(7)Low Investment and Operation Cost.

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