Re: GAS-L: Gasifcation technology information.
We are an eight year old Energy Services Company
based in Hyderabad , India and have been operating gasifier based plants for
meeting the thermal and power needs of our industrial customers on a shared
savings basis for over 4 years. We own and operate the gasifier
plants. Our revenues come from the net savings (75%) derived
from the operation of the plants. Our customers keep 25% of the net
savings.
Gasifier Installations in India have largely
driven by the government subsidies. There was never an incentive for most
manufacturers to involve themselves in the actual operations of gasifiers
(either for thermal or for power use). I am not sure of the exact status
of size and number of gasifier plants operating .... most of the plants are in
-operative. However, I present the following figures of the plants that
are owned and operated by us:
1. Modern Roofings
Limited 100 KW (Thermal mode)
Bio-mass gas from the gasifier is used to replace
Diesel (25 litres / hour) in a furnace. Fuel for the gasifier is rice
husk. The plant was commisioned in November 1998, and commercial
production began in April 1999. The plant has been operating since then
with average of 575 hours per month. In April of this year the ownership
of the plant was transferrred to the use and he is operating the plant since
then.
2. Sai Roofings
Limited 200 KW (Thermal mode)
Bio-mass gas from the gasifier is used to replace
Diesel (50 litres / hour) in a furnace. Fuel for the gasifier is rice
husk. The plant was commisioned in May 2000, and commercial production
began in August 2000. The plant has been operating since then with
average of 550 hours per month.
3. Paragon
Printers 200 KW (Power Mode)
Gasifier in this plant generates gas from rice
husk to replace 70% of diesel in a 250 KVA generator when producing 170 KW of
power. The plant was commissioned in Jan 2002 and has been operating since
then. The average operating hours are 300 as the plant operates only 12
hours in a day.
4. Model Steels
Lmited 400 KW (Power Mode)
Gasifier in this plant generates gas from rice
husk to replace 85 litres/hour of diesel in a 2500 KVA generator when
producing 1600 KW (consumes 485 litrs / hours when operating in 100% diesel) of
power. The plant was commissioned in May 2002.
We have recently aquired a 1 MW gasifer based
power plant to supply power to the State electricity board. The plant has
two slow speed generators. Two 500 KW gasifiers supply power to each of the DG
set. The fuel in this plant is wood (eucalyptus) cut into small pieces (6"
long and 1 to 2" in dia). We have been operating the plant 24 hours a day
since August 2002.
We hope to commission a 100 KW (power mode), a
200 KW (Power mode) and a 1 MW plant in the coming 2 months.
Sincerely
G.S. Varma
President
Agni Energy Services
(P) Limited
1-A/1, KAUTILYA, 6-3-652
Somajiguda
Hyderabad - 500
082
India
Phone: +91 40 661 2172
e-mail:
agniesco@hd2.vsnl.net.in
