TITLE:
Analysis of a Coffee Husk Fired Cogeneration Plant in South Western Ethiopia Coffee Processing Industries
AUTHORS:
Sairoel Amertet, Yosef Mitiku, Getachew Belete
KEYWORDS:
Coffee Husk, Cogeneration, South Western Ethiopia
JOURNAL NAME:
Low Carbon Economy,
Vol.12 No.1,
March
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: Nowadays our energy needs have grown exponentially corresponding with
human population growth and technological advancement. Energy consumption
linked to non-renewable resources contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and
enhances resource depletion. Most of the researchers were proven that the
worldwide concern about CO2 emissions and the reduction in the use of coal fuels have increased the interest in using biomass fuel for
electricity production, because there is no net increase in CO2 emissions from biomass (agricultural residues such as straw, bagasse, coffee
husk, and rice husks) combustion. Furthermore, coffee husk which has high
energy potential was not taken into account for the generation of energy. However,
this paper investigates the energy generation in coffee husk, and suggests coffee
husk is an energy source. The datum was collected from the south western region
of Ethiopia (Tepi town), and its equipment
was selected. Coffee husk was tested experimentally in Addis Ababa University
with Eager 300 software for running the equipment, storing the data and
analyzing. The results obtained that calorific values were 18.98 MJ/kg. Overall the
result demonstrates that the proposed coffee husk has high energy potential for
the generation of energy.