| Author | Neowaj, Md. Abu Ala Shahin |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-93-15 |
| Subject(s) | Biomass energy--Thailand
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| Note | A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ET-93-15 |
| Abstract | Short-rotation woody crops (SRWC) have a significant potential for mitigating co2 buildup in the atmosphere. Like other forestry options, SRWC can provide a fibre source for many wood products that store carbon for short to long time intervals and can substitute significant amounts of fossi 1 energy resources . This study was aimed at estimating the co2 mitigation potential of SRWC in Thai land and the cost of mitigation per ton of carbon. To determine the cost of mitigation a series of assumptions are made. These include SRWC biomass yield per ha per year ; amount of land available and suitable for SRWC ; net co2 emission from biomass grown renewably i.e, the emission from fossil fuel used in the process of growing, harvesting, transporting and converting. For the cultivation of biomass two management models are assumed. One is traditional management and the other is silvicultural management. In the traditional management biomass yield is assumed to be 14.95 ton/ha/yr (453 moisture content). In the si lvicultural management it is 30. 96 ton/ha/yr (453 moisture content) . In the base case it is estimated that 4. 5 mil lion ha of empty, marginal land is available for SRWC and for the future case it is estimated to be 7. 95 mi 11 ion ha . Regarding the use of biomass six scenarios are considered in the study . The scenarios are 1) 1003 biomass used for electricity generation. 2) 803 biomass used for electricity generation & 203 used for durable Products. 3) 403 biomass used for electricity generation, 403 used for charcoal production & 203 used for durable products. 4) 503 biomass used for electricity generation & the rest 503 used for charcoal production. 5) 353 used for electricity generation & 653 used for durable products. 6) 403 biomass used for electricity generation and 60% used for charcoal production. Mitigation cost per ton of carbon is remarkably less in case of silvicultural management and the cost is minimum in case of scenario 5 (B 77.95/TC). The mitigation cost increases as the percentage of biomass used for electricity generation increases. The SRWC option through silvicultural management has a very high potential for mitigating co2 in Thailand. Potentially, it can mitigate 198.40 million tons of co2 per year which is 123.233 of the Thailand's total co 2 emission in 1989 . |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Bhattacharya, S. C. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Suselo, Tri B.;Shrestha, Ram M. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Government of Germany |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1993 |