Gama Stove: Biomass Stove for Palm Kernel Shells in Indonesia

Published Date
Energy Procedia
2014, Vol.47:123–132, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.01.205
Conference and Exhibition Indonesia Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation [Indonesia EBTKE-CONEX 2013]
Open Access, Creative Commons license

• Author 

• Hermawan Febriansyah ^a,,
• Ahmad Agus Setiawan ^b
• Kutut Suryopratomo ^b
• Agus Setiawan ^b

• aPT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav.76-78, South Jakarta, 12910, Indonesia
• bDepartment of Engineering Physics, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl Grafika No.2, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia

Available online 4 February 2014. 

Abstract

Indonesia is the largest palm oil producer. The current total plantation areas are approximately 8 million hectares. There are opportunities to exploit palm oil waste to replace fossil fuels. This paper presents the design of biomass stove with palm kernel shells. Stove performance testing includes combustion air flow, combustion temperature and water boiling test. The stove performance test shows the stove with combustion chamber diameter of 20 cm, height of 25 cm and burner air opening at 75% has good fuel efficiency and combustion temperature. It has efficiency of 66,63% and average combustion temperature of 682,590C.

Keywords

 stove

palm kernel shells

stove height

burner air opening

performance

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