Biomass Energy Systems : Proceedings of the International Conference 26-27 Feb. 1996

Contents: Preface. I. Biomass Supply and Demand, and Policy Issues: 1. Forests as biomass energy resource in India/B.N. Dwivedi & O.N. Kaul. 2. Woodfuels under community forestry protection in Orissa, India/N.C. Saxena. 3. Framework for biomass energy technology promotion in mountain areas/K. Rijal. 4. Biomass programme in India: an overview/N.P. Singh. 5. Biomass fuel consumption and formulation of household energy strategy in Pakistan/S.W. Haider. 6. Multipurpose tree species of bioenergy production/J.S. Rawat, S.P. Banerjee & B.N. Dwivedi. 7. Joint forest management: institutional initiatives towards biomass enhancement/O.N. Kaul, V. Singh & V. Varalakshmi. 8. A biomass based strategy for meeting energy needs in rural areas/P.P. Dua & S.B. Rao. 9. Fuel characteristics of some indigenous wood species of north-east India/R. Kataki, D. Deka & D. Konwer. 10. Energy from biomass: prospects in India/M. Kulshrestha, M.V.S. Iyer & T. Thakur. 11. Application of the geographic information system in decentralized energy planning/S. Sinha, D. Singh & N. Hazarika. 12. Coping with biomass scarcity: a village case study/S. Agarwal, A. Sharma, V. Singh, S. Dutta & P. Venkata Ramana. 13. Biomass wood resources in the central Himalayan region: an analysis of supply and consumption/R. Prasad & A. Sharma. 14. Intervention of biomass energy systems--a case study of a peri-urban village: Dhanawas/R.C. Pal, S. Dutta, S.N. Srinivas & P. Venkata Ramana. II. Biomass Processing and Liquid Fuels: 15. Biomass feed processing for energy conversion/P.D. Grover. 16. Pyrolysis as a means for using paddy straw as domestic fuel/Y.P. Gupta. 17. Polluation--free utilization of biomass through combustion, carbonization, and briquetting of residual char/Shwe Naga Tin Win. 18. Analysis and modelling of the pyrolysis of biomass: kinetics and heat transfer in a single particle/P. Gupta & R.K. Saha. 19. Scope of native biofuels in the replacement of diesel/T.M. Haridasan, M. Murugan, V. Narasimhan, B. Raja, G. Thirumurugan & M. Venkateswari. 20. Combustion characteristics of methanol for fumigated surface ignition IC engine/S. Jayaraj & S. Subramaniyam. III. Biomass Gasification: 21. Combustion and gasification of rice husk/A.P. Bhatnagar. 22. Biomass gasifiers: a boon to semi-arid agriculture/H.N. Chanakya, H.I. Somashekar, P. Nanjundappa, S. Dasappa, U. Shrinivasa & H.S. Mukunda. 23. Biomass gasifier systems for community kitchens/K.N. Patil & P.V. Ramana. 24. Rice husk as fuel in small-scale cement industry/P.C. Borthakur, P. Barkakati, D. Bordoloi & A.C. Baruah. 25. R & D requirements in biomass combustion and gasification/O.P. Rao. 26. Producer gas as a superior cooking fuel: results of emission and efficiency tests/R. Uma, K. Lata, V.V.N. Kishore & K.R. Smith. 27. Experimental optimization of nozzle parameters leading to design concepts for biomass gasifiers/S.A. Channiwala & P.P. Parikh. IV. Improved Cookstoves: 28. Development of multifuel and biomass cookstoves/S. Khuntia. 29. Commercialization of improved chulhas in Maharashtra/A.D. Karve & R.D. Hanbar. 30. Commercialization of technology for domestic cooking applications/R. George. 31. Thenmal-efficient metal cookstoves with water heating arrangement for cold climates/R. Aggarwal & O.P. Sharma. 32. Fuel usage in Delhi slums and exposure to air pollution/S. Saksena, V. Ravi Shankar, R.K. Prasad, P. Malhotra, P.B. Singh, R. Prasad, K.K. Srivastava, M. Saxena, A. Mirza, V.P. Singh, R.S. Patil, V. Joshi & D. Guha Sapir. 33. Improved cookstoves for biomass conservation in the central Himalayan region/R. Prasad. 34. Traditional cookstove--HARA: efficiency, emission, and scope for modifications/P. Malhotra, S. Sharma, R. Uma, R.C. Pal, S.N. Srinivas & V.V.N. Kishore. V. Biogas Technology: 35. Biogas programme in Nepal/K.M. Gautam. 36. A biomass-based strategy for meeting energy needs for rural development/S.S. Arora. 37. Biogas from leaf biomass: prospects and problems/K.S. Jagadish etc.…