Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 22, 2017
International Conference on Advances in Energy Systems and Environmental Engineering (ASEE17)
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Article Number | 00025 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172200025 | |
Published online | 07 November 2017 |
An integrated low carbon energy solution to cooking fuel, tailored to Niger state’s rural population
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School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
* Corresponding author: pmtag@leeds.ac.uk
Niger State (Nigeria) was selected as a case study of renewable, affordable and user friendly clean energy provision in remote areas of developing countries. Niger state has 80% of its 4.5 million population living in rural agrarian areas with low literacy rates, there is a lack of wind thus eliminating wind as widely available potential power source. Based on the assessment of the local large insolation, the type of agricultural, biomass and husbandry resources, this study selected the design of anaerobic digestion units processing mostly animal and human waste, and whose heating and power requirement would be entirely provided by solar photovoltaic/thermal to maintain optimum efficiency of the biogas production. The designs was carried out at the scale of up to 15 household demand (community scale). Volume and therefore the production of biogas maybe increased or decreased in the design considered, and local, low cost resilient material were proposed. The proposed system was costed for a community of 24 people, demonstrating the potential for clean and renewable gas production economically.
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