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Applicant:
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna 
Author:
B. Chaitanya, V. Bahadur, Ajay D. Thakur, R. Raj 
Corresponding Authors:
Ajay D. Thakur, R. Raj 
DOI #:
10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.183 
Title:
Biomass-gasification-based atmospheric water harvesting in India 
Journal:
Energy 
Year:
2018 
Volume:
165 
Page:
610 
Keywords:
Atmospheric water harvesting, Biomass, Gasification, Vapor adsorption refrigeration, Moisture harvesting index, Condensation 
Abstract:
Biomass from crop residue remains an underutilized and inexpensive energy resource around the world.Inadequate supply chain management forces farmers to resort tofield burning of crop residue, resultingin environmental, health, and economic issues. In this study, we conceptualize a novel approach forbiomass utilization which jointly addresses the common and often concurrent issues of energy, envi-ronment, and water. We propose to use the thermal energy from the combustion of the producer gasobtained from biomass gasification to power an off-the-grid refrigeration system which can condensemoisture from air. We conduct a detailed thermodynamic analysis of vapor-adsorption cycle-based at-mospheric water harvesting (AWH) system to develop an integrated modeling framework. We use theambient weather data to report that the biomass-powered AWH can condense 800e1200 L of water per1000 kg of biomass. Based on the local population and biomass availability, this can meet up to 10e12% ofthe potable water requirements in certain states of India. We also discuss the immediate challengesunderlying this waste-to-value concept. Finally, we discuss that the proposition to jointly address energy,water, and the environment issues may motivate key paradigm shifts in policies required for practicalimplementation of this technology. 
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