wheat straw (#1098)
| ID-number | #1098 |
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| Material | wheat straw |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ straw (stalk/cob/ear) ▸ wheat ▸ wheat straw |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [220] stro ▸ [223] tarwestro | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Remarks | ash, N, S average of three samples; i, Ca, K, Cl average of 33 samples; (hemi)cellulose and lignin avergae of 5 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% | 3.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate Analysis |
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| Nitrogen | wt% | 0.44 | 0.46 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Sulphur | wt% | 0.10 | 0.10 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (with halides) | wt% | 4.45 | 0.98 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Chemical Analyses |
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Halides |
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| Chlorine (Cl) | mg/kg | 4 100.0 | 4 248.7 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
Major elements |
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| Potassium (K) | mg/kg (dry) | 10 000.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Calcium (Ca) | mg/kg (dry) | 3 300.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Silicon (Si) | mg/kg (dry) | 9 000.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Phosphorus (P) | mg/kg (dry) | 300.0 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
Biochemical composition |
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| Cellulose | wt% (dry) | 45.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Hemicellulose | wt% (dry) | 24.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 16.00 | Average | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 88.50 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||