{"title":"Viability of Rice Husk Ash Concrete Brick\/Block from Green Electricity in Bangladesh","authors":"Mohammad A. N. M. Shafiqul Karim","volume":118,"journal":"International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering","pagesStart":1297,"pagesEnd":1304,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10005582","abstract":"
As a developing country, Bangladesh has to face numerous challenges. Self Independence in electricity, contributing to climate change by reducing carbon emission and bringing the backward population of society to the mainstream is more challenging for them. Therefore, it is essential to ensure recycled use of local products to the maximum level in every sector. Some private organizations have already worked alongside government to bring the backward population to the mainstream by developing their financial capacities. As rice husk is the largest single category of the total energy supply in Bangladesh. As part of this strategy, rice husk can play a great as a promising renewable energy source, which is readily available, has considerable environmental benefits and can produce electricity and ensure multiple uses of byproducts in construction technology. For the first time in Bangladesh, an experimental multidimensional project depending on Rice Husk Electricity and Rice Husk Ash (RHA) concrete brick\/block under Green Eco-Tech Limited has already been started. Project analysis, opportunity, sustainability, the high monitoring component, limitations and finally evaluated data reflecting the viability of establishing more projects using rice husk are discussed in this paper. The by-product of rice husk from the production of green electricity, RHA, can be used for making, in particular, RHA concrete brick\/block in Bangladeshi aspects is also discussed here.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\t\u201cBBC\u201d, Bangladesh country profile, BBC Asia, The online version available at http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-south-asia-12650940 (viewed on 30 December 2015)\r\n[2]\t\u201c2015 World Population Data Sheet\u201d, The online version available at http:\/\/www.prb.org(viewed on 30th August 2015).\r\n[3]\t\u201cPopulation, Consumption and the Environment 2015\u201d,by United Nations Population Division , Department of Economic and Social Affairs, The online version available at Rhttp:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/development\/desa\/population\/publications\/pdf\/environment\/PopulationConsumptionEnvironment2015.pdf (viewed on 28th August 2015).\r\n[4]\t\u201cWorld Development Indicators\u201d, Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population), The online version available at http:\/\/databank.worldbank.org\/data\/reports.aspx?source=2&series=SI.POV.NAHC&country=BGD (Viewed on 19th December 2015). \r\n[5]\t\u201cRice in Bangladesh\u201d, Bangladesh Rice Knowledge Bank (BRKB), The online version available at http:\/\/www.knowledgebank-brri.org\/riceinban.php (Viewed on 1st September 2015). \r\n[6]\t\u201cFood and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, Statistics Division\u201d, The online version available at http:\/\/faostat3.fao.org\/download\/Q\/QC\/E (viewed on 4th September, 2015).\r\n[7]\tRisat Abedin, M., & Shekhar Das, H. (2014, July 4). \u201cElectricity from Rice Husk: A Potential Way to Electrify Rural Bangladesh.\u201d International Journal of Renewable Energy Research IJRER Vol.4, No.3, 604-609, July 2014. \r\n[8]\t\u201cRice Knowledge Bank\u201d, Accessed at September 2015, The online version available at http:\/\/www.knowledgebank.irri.org\/rkb\/rice-milling\/byproducts-and-their-utilization\/rice-husk.html. (viewed on 4 September, 2015).\r\n[9]\t\u201cGeneration Planning BPDB\u201d, viewed on August 2015, The online version available at http:\/\/www.bpdb.gov.bd\/bpdb\/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemi=126 (viewed on 5th September, 2015).\r\n[10]\t\u201cBioenergy Consult\u201d, The online version available at http:\/\/www.bioenergyconsult.com\/tag\/rice-husk\/ (viewed on 4th September, 2015)","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 118, 2016"}