spring barley (#1096)
| ID-number | #1096 |
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| Material | spring barley |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ straw (stalk/cob/ear) ▸ barley ▸ barley |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [220] stro ▸ [222] gerstestro | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Remarks | ash, S and N average of three samples; Si, Ca, K and Cl average of 26 samples; (hemi)cellulose and lignin average of 8 samples. |
| Literature | B. Sander: Fuel data for Danish biofuels and improvement of the quality of straw and whole crops. Biomass for energy and environment. Proc. 9th Eur. bioenergy conf. (Eds. P.Chartier et al.), pp.490-495, Pergamon (1996). + Biomass&Bioenergy 12(1997)177-183 |
Values
| Property | Unit | Value | Std dev | Det lim | Lab | Date | Method | Remarks | ||||||||||||
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Fuel Properties |
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Proximate Analysis |
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| Moisture content | wt% (ar) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ash content | wt% | 4.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate Analysis |
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| Nitrogen | wt% | 0.76 | 0.80 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Sulphur | wt% | 0.10 | 0.11 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (with halides) | wt% | 6.03 | 1.29 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Chemical Analyses |
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Halides |
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| Chlorine (Cl) | mg/kg | 3 700.0 | 3 886.6 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
Major elements |
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| Potassium (K) | mg/kg (dry) | 8 600.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Calcium (Ca) | mg/kg (dry) | 4 300.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Silicon (Si) | mg/kg (dry) | 4 600.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
Biochemical composition |
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| Cellulose | wt% (dry) | 45.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Hemicellulose | wt% (dry) | 22.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 16.00 | Average | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 87.80 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||