IIT Madras researchers utilise AI tools for studying biomass fuel production
IIT Madras researchers utilise AI tools for studying biomass fuel production
IIT Madras
researchers are using AI tools to study the process of production of fuel from
biomass.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras are
utilising artificial intelligence(AI) tools to study the processes involved in
the transformation of biomass to gaseous fuel. If done through hands-on
experiments, gaining such expertise is both time-consuming and expensive,
whereas, if done through computer simulations and modelling studies, the
insights are obtained quicker, which can be utilised to construct the processes
and plants for biomass processing.
Biomass fuel as a practical
solution
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As environmental concerns
associated with petroleum-derived fuels are increasing, biomass is a practical
solution.
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It is a practical solution not
only in the traditional sense of directly burning wood, cow dung cakes, and
coal, but also in the form of an energy-dense fuel source.
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Researchers all across the world
are trying to figure out how to extract fuel from biomass like wood, grass, and
even waste organic stuff.
How is biomass
fuel important for India?
Biomass-derived fuels are especially crucial
to India since the nation's present biomass availability is projected at 750
million metric tonnes per year, and producing fuel from it can greatly aid the
country in achieving fuel self-sufficiency.
How is AI being
used to study biomass fuel production?
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Even though models are being
developed across the world to understand the conversion of biomass into fuels
and chemicals, a majority of these models take a long time to become
operational.
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The modelling processes can be
hastened by using Artificial Intelligence tools like Machine learning and
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A ML method called Recurrent
Neural Networks (RNN) was used by the IIT Madras research team to study the
reactions occurring during the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into
energy dense syngas (gasification of biomass).
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The IIT Madras research group
also uses AI tools for socially relevant and environmentally beneficial
processes such as carbon capture (the capture of CO2 to prevent climate change)
and the electrification of the chemical industry.'
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