Research Article

Syngas Production from Agriculture Residues: Sudan

Table 1

Available biomass per year (Sudan) [2ā€“4, 6].

NoBiomassResidueAAP1RPR2A3AAR4LHVEnergyMtoe

Ton%TonMJ/kgTJ
1SugarcaneBagasse55250590.3040.00663007.0818.0011934.130.2850
2WheatStraw5160000.8015.0061920.0018.201126.940.0269
3CottonStalks45722.7060.007406.6418.61137.840.0033
4SesameStraw5250000.5056.00147000.0012.401822.800.0435
5GroundnutShells18260000.4840.00350592.0015.665490.270.1311
6SorghumStraw64660001.2560.004849500.0012.3860036.811.4337
7MilletStraw14490001.7560.001521450.0012.3918850.770.4502
8BananasLeaves9101100.7060.00382246.2015.906077.710.1451
9SunflowerHusk1080000.6060.0038880.0014.20552.100.0132
10MaizeStraw250001.0060.0015000.0018.50277.500.0066
11TobaccoStalks1828880.7060.0076812.9617.301328.860.0317
12MangoSeed78859400.5080.003154376.0015.0047315.641.1299
Total11268190.88154951.373.68

1AAP: the available Amount of Agricultural Product in ton; 2RPR: Residue to Product Ratio; 3A: the Availability of residues; 4AAR: the available Amount of Agricultural Residues in ton is estimated using the model of Karaca et al. [7] given in equation (1).