ABSTRACT
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
14.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 228 14.1.1 Wind Energy ................................................................. 229 14.1.2 Hydrothermal Energy ................................................... 230 14.1.3 Nuclear Power .............................................................. 230 14.1.4 Biomass ........................................................................ 230 14.2 Materials and Methodology ....................................................... 232 14.2.1 Materials ....................................................................... 232 14.2.2 Energy From Composite Fuel ...................................... 232 14.2.3 Production of Zeolite-A and Silica Using
Composite Ash ............................................................. 233 14.3 Calculation ................................................................................. 234 14.3.1 Energy Balance and Related Analysis for a
15 MW Power Plant ..................................................... 234 14.3.1.1 For Composite Fuel (Rice Husk
80 Parts, Coal 20 Parts) ............................... 235 14.3.1.2 For Composite Fuel (Rice Husk 60 Parts,
Coal 40 Parts) .............................................. 236
14.3.2 Cost-Benefit Analysis .................................................. 237 14.3.3 Net Profit Analysis ....................................................... 238 14.4 Ash Production ........................................................................... 239 14.5 Manufacture of Value Added Products From Composite Ash ... 239 14.6 Instrumental Investigations ........................................................ 240 14.6.1 XRD Crystallinity ........................................................ 240 14.6.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy .................................... 240 14.6.3 Particle Size Analysis ................................................... 241 14.7 Results and Discussion .............................................................. 242 14.7.1 Advantages Allied with the Mini
Thermal Power Plants .................................................. 242 14.7.2 Benefits to the Rural Inhabitants .................................. 242 14.7.3 Limitations of the Process ............................................ 242 14.7.4 Analysis of Composite Ash Based Zeolite-A ............... 242 14.8 Conclusion ................................................................................. 243 Keywords .............................................................................................. 243 References ............................................................................................. 243
14.1 INTRODUCTION
As India is the third largest coal producer in the world after China and USA, coal is identified as the predominant source for energy. The cumulative sum of the Geological Resources of coal has been estimated to be about 301 billion tons in India as of 1st April, 2014 [1]. Two third of the entire energy demand in India is met by coal combustion in Thermal Power Plants, having a capacity of about 250-1100 MW. More than 120 Thermal Power Plants are currently functioning in India, purely based on lignite coal, catering to about 60-70% of the total energy requisite, aggregating to 97,768 MW [2]. It is estimated that close to 454 million metric tons of coal are consumed to produce the aforesaid amount of energy [3]. This fact reveals the severe coal consumption from natural reservoirs.
