Patrick Ketwaru Department of Chemistry University of ... - Corrente

• This project is a pilot for the utilization of woody biomass waste inGuyana• The small scale saw mills generate rather large amount of wasteon site• However they are scattered along the coast, rivers and hinterlandroads• Since their scale of operation is relatively small no one millproduces enough waste to power a steam turbine unit• This waste is usually not beneficially utilized and becomes anenvironmental problem• Also it would not be economically viable to transport the waste toa central plant for large scale power generation• As such a small scale utilization of the waste has to be found• Small scale gasification electricity generation units are suggestedfor onsite power generation