Rice husk gasification performance to decrease water content in liquid palm sugar

Gasification is a process of changing thermochemical solid fuel into gas. In simple terms, the gasification process can be said as a chemical reaction at high temperatures between biomass and air. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of AFR on the performance of the TG30-1 gasification engine and compare it with the same engine performance in previous studies. This study uses blowers which are combined with an inverter to vary the frequency of rotation of the motor. From the three tests, the results of different performance analyses were obtained. In this study, experiments on corn cobs biomass for 45Hz motor frequency (90%) produced the best Fire Power and Specific Power at 23.01 kW and 3.71 kW / kg with AFR values of 1.54. Palm shell biomass with 45Hz motor frequency (90%) yields 18.32 kW and 3.24 kW/kg with an AFR value of 1.23. Wood powder biomass with 45Hz motor frequency (90%) produces 22.53 kW and 3.88 kW / kg with an AFR value of 1.36. Rice husk biomass with a 45Hz motor frequency (90%) yields 29.08 kW and 6.39 kW / kg with an AFR value of 1.15.