Renewable Energy Sources in Campus

1. Use solar energy to generate electricity

2. The biogas power generation project can generate 18,250 kWh/year.

3. Prototype of a small biomass power plant for the community
This biomass power plant, "Suranaree," with a capacity of 100 kilowatts, is a small biomass power plant using Open Top Downdraft Gasification technology by feeding fuel on top using the combustion principle that controls the amount of air. Causes incomplete combustion. Solid biomass fuel is converted into carbon monoxide (CO) 18-22%, hydrogen (H2) 18-20%, and methane (CH4) 1-2% with an average calorific value of 4.5-5.5 mega joules per cubic meter. It can be used as fuel to replace petroleum oil or natural gas by the fuel gas produced. Once the tars and dust are cleaned and lowered, they can be used as fuel for internal combustion engines that generate electricity. Generating 40,000 kWh/year of electricity

4. Waste-fuel power plant 1 megawatt (MW)
The university's plasma gasification power plant is undergoing commissioning. Fixed-bed Downdraft Gasification technology utilizes a fixed heat source from a plasma system using waste fuel with five main components: 1) waste fuel beam system, 2) fuel gas generation system, 3) gas cleaning SCAN system, 4) wastewater treatment system, and 5)operation control system and power generation engine.Plasma Gas Power Plant The temperature in the furnace can be continuously controlled high, affecting waste disposal efficiency. It is based on plasma arc technology. It relies on the principle of electric current to heat gases such as O2 N2 Air. The energy is heated to more than 2000 degrees Celsius. In the plasma state, When used in conjunction with a gasification combustion system that feeds only 30% of the needs of the combustion reaction, the output is a synthetic gas of good quality that can be used as fuel for internal combustion engines and used to power the movement of the coil intersecting with the magnetic force lines to generate electrical energy efficiently and safely for the environment.

5. Alternative Energy System Management Research and Development Project (Solar Energy)
To replace electricity consumption within Suranaree University of Technology with an installed capacity of 6 megawatts (MWp).

6. Biofuels, a new alternative to biojet oil production Biobenzene and Biodiesel
Oil yeast or oleaginous yeast strain Rhodosporidium paludigenum has many advantages, such as easy to grow. It takes less time and little space and can be raised to a high cell density. Oil yeast contains the primary fatty acids that accumulate in yeast cells, namely C14, C16, and C18, which are triglycerides. It can be used to separate cells and extract oils, then enter the fast-pyrolysis process to become bio-oil, and improve the quality with short path distillation technology and vacuum fractionation to separate each oil. Jet oil or diesel fuel, etc.