Review Article
Assessment of the Potential of Biomass Gasification for Electricity Generation in Bangladesh
Table 3
Total residue production with percentage of fractions of some selected agricultural crops.
| | Crops | Production in 2011 (million tons) | Fractions | Amount of fractions | Crop residue (million tons) |
| | Rice |
50.63 | Straw | 50.00 | 25.31 | | Husk | 20.00 | 10.13 | | Maize |
1.02 | Stalks | 200.00 | 2.04 | | Cobs | 30.00 | 0.31 | | Wheat | 0.97 | Straw | 65.00 | 0.63 | | Jute |
1.52 | Stalk | 58.84 | 0.90 | | Leaves | 13.91 | 0.21 | | Sugarcane (trimmed) | 4.67 | Bagasse | 36.00 | 1.68 | | Mustard | 0.23 | Straw | 75.00 | 0.17 | | Coconut |
0.08 | Husk | 31.00 | 0.024 | | Shell | 24.40 | 0.019 | | Lentil | 0.081 | Straw | 72.46 | 0.058 |
| | Total residue production in 2011 (million tons) | 41.66 |
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