03987nas a2200397 a 4500 20260817163639.0 170925s2015 th uu m rtt 0 a eng d .b12192065 AIT Thesis no.ET-15- 14 Noori, Abdul Ghani Assessment of selected biomass energy potential and technologies in Afghanistan Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2015 111 p. : ill. + 1 online resource Thesis ; no. ET-15-14 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of Engineering in Energy Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2015 In Afghanistan, fuelwood, charcoal, crop residues and animal manure are the staple biomass based fuel, mostly used in the residential sector. The first objective of the study assesses the energy potential of forest fuelwood and charcoal, crop residues (wheat straw, rice straw, rice husk, barley straw, maize stalks and maize cobs)and cattle manure in 2012-13 and 2013-14. The total estimated energy potential of these biomass resources was 97,310 TJ in 2012-13 and 99,012 TJ in 2013-14. In this energy potential, the shares of forest fuelwood (directly used for energy), charcoal (transformed from the forest fuelwood), crop residues and cattle manure were 12.7%, 3.5%, 69.4% and 14.5%, respectively. About 48% of this energy is estimated from the surplus biomass and 52% from the energy used biomass. The estimated energy potential of the selected biomass could contribute about 69% in the total primary energy consumption (140,966 TJ) of Afghanistan in 2012-13. In the second objective of the study, the cooking efficiencies of six currently used cook stoves were determined, and for replacing the three stone cook stove, suitable improved cook stoves (Anagi II and improved chulha) were identified which can save 40% and 43% of fuelwood, respectively. Biogas plant is not currently used in Kandahar province. For its application, the biogas potential from the cattle manure was determined. Kandahar had 101,747 head of cattle in 2013-14.These cattle{u2019}s manure biogas potential was 13,913,608 m3 in 2013-14. Among various types of biogas plants, the DSAC-Model biogas plant was considered suitable for Kandahar province. In the case study of dairy farm, the techno-financial analysis of the identified biogas plant was carried out. For this case, the NPV was 5,836 USD, B/C 1.92, IRR 50% and the discounted payback period (PP) was 2.7 years. These show attractiveness for investment in the biogas plant in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Biomass energy Evaluation Afghanistan Salam, Abdul P., Chairperson Kumar, Sivanappan, Examination Committee Dhakal, Shobhakar, Examination Committee Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) /Kandahar University, Afghanistan, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ET-15-14 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B02337 .b12192065 mnait z 240418 0 170925 m a z 0 000:001:PDF:b1219206:003450:0:0:0:0:0:0 Click to view Abstract n mnait mnait 14 Barcode : 30050120520795 CREATED : 2017-09-25 RECORD # : i1310410x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050120520811 CREATED : 2017-09-25 RECORD # : i13104111 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 1 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 9340 9340 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-15- 14 30050120520795 2026-08-17 16:36:39 1 2026-08-17 14 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-15- 14 30050120520811 2026-08-17 16:36:39 2 2026-08-17 14