Rice Husk Gasifier Stove

Prepared by MicroEnergy International GmbH with the collaboration of Davide Forcella (CERMi-ULB), 2015.

This low-cost and clean-burning stove utilizes rice husk as fuel to cater to domestic rural households and small cottage industries where abundance of rice husk is accessible. It is estimated that a ton of rice husk has a direct energy conversion of about 23 tanks of 11 kg LPG fuel thereby significantly reducing expenditure on conventional fuel sources. The production of combustible gases, primarily carbon monoxide and hydrogen, takes place by oxidizing the biomass fuel with a limited amount of air. Gasification of rice husks is achieved by controlling the air supply with a small fan