Manjeet Singh¹, Harppdf/ASAPup>2, Yadwinder Singh Brar³, Kamalkant Sharma⁴ and Himanshu Monga⁵*

¹Research Scholar, I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, Punjab, India

*Corresponding Author: Himanshu Monga, Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar, Mandi, HP, India.

Received: September 09, 2021; Published: December 07, 2021

Abstract

The focus towards the use of biomass for Power Generation has increased intensely from the past few years because of the awareness of global warming and a bad impact on the environment due to the combustion of fossil fuels. This paper addresses the challenges for power production using paddy straw faced during the procurement and its storage. The paper opted for an exploratory study using the open-ended approach of grounded theory, including sample collection and experimenting. It has been observed that the various challenges are farmer awareness, transportation cost, storage cost, degradation due to storage and pre-feeding costs. The results have shown that there is 20.49% decrease in Calorific Value due to degradation of paddy straw at storage. The cost of generation in the month of procurement is 0.02304$/kWh and it has been increased to 0.0289$/kWh.

Keywords: Biomass Combustion; Paddy Straw; Power Generation; Cost of Generation

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Citation

Citation: Himanshu Monga., et al. “Challenges in Paddy Straw Procurement and its Effect on Cost of Power Generation". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 2.1 (2022): 02-08.

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