| Author | Ee, Eng Hai |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no. ET-87-2 |
| Subject(s) | Agriculture and energy--Asian Institute of Technology
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| Note | A research study (9 credits) is summitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Energy is the driving force in carrying out the daily farm
activities. Whether it is used for consumption or for production,
the productivity of the farm will very much depend on its
availability and supply. The study first look into the farm
consumption pattern, and later analyse any potential flow of the
energy sources at the developed stage of the farm system by
studying the farm energy balance sheet which give a systematic
and synthetic account of energy flows from its origin through
transformation to its final end users. The preliminary result
t h rough survey to the farm and farm account indicates that crop
residues produced are not used for energy purposes though in the
nature they can be utilized as an energy source, and the energy
requirement of the farm is obtained mainly from the petroleum
products, such as gasoline and diesel, from other to the farm and
supplement by wind energy. With the estimated crop yields of 5
t/ha and 4. 1 t/ha for rice and corn respectively, and assumed 25
hectares of land are used for rice production and 5 hectares of
land for corn production, it was found that the crop residues
produced from these two sources are able to play a major role in
farm energy requirement in the future if we assumed the farm
energy requirement re mains constant. Also wind energy can play an
important supplementary role in the farm energy requirement at
the developed stage of the farm production system. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Giap Van Dang
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| Examination Committee(s) | Nielsen, Jens Moller ;Tentscher, Wolfgang
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Shell International Petroleum
Company ( UK ) |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1987 |