APROVECHAMIENTO ENERGÉTICO DE LA BIOMASA RESIDUAL DEL SECTOR AVÍCOLA

The poultry industry in Colombia has had a high growth in recent years. This commercial development has also had influence on production systems because it requires tech entrepreneurs and optimizes the practices of sanitation and waste treatment. An average farm produces about 150000 birds per cycle and 507 tons of dry manure. This amount of waste is now composted or reused in the sheds after a disinfection process. This paper studies and analyzes the technology of gasification for waste poultry, which can take advantage of the high potential of this biomass energy. The conceptual design proposes an operation cycle with a yield of 96,07% in the gasifier, producing a gas mol composition 22,51% CO, 7,50% CO 2 , 9,20% H 2 , 60,74% N 2 generated 514.2 kW from a stream food 500 kg/h.