Sudan grass (#1429)
| ID-number | #1429 |
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| Material | Sudan grass |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ other grass |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [210] gras ▸ [219] overig gras | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Submission date | 1999-04-09 |
| Literature | O. Kitani and C. W. Hall: Biomass Handbook, Gordon and Breach science publishers, New York (1989). |
Values
| Property | Unit | Value | Std dev | Det lim | Lab | Date | Method | Remarks | ||||||||||||
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Main biomass properties |
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Proximate analysis |
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| Moisture content | wt% (ar) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ash content | wt% | 8.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Volatile matter | wt% | 72.75 | 79.64 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fixed carbon | wt% | 18.60 | 20.36 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Ultimate analysis (macroelements) |
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| Carbon | wt% | 44.58 | 48.80 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Hydrogen | wt% | 5.35 | 5.86 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Oxygen | wt% | 39.18 | 42.89 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Nitrogen | wt% | 1.21 | 1.32 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Sulphur | wt% | 0.08 | 0.09 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (with halides) | wt% | 99.18 | 99.10 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Halides |
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| Chlorine (Cl) | mg/kg | 1 300.0 | 1 423.1 | Measured | ||||||||||||||||
Heating value |
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| Net calorific value (LHV) | MJ/kg | 16.22 | 17.76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross calorific value (HHV) | MJ/kg | 17.39 | 19.04 | |||||||||||||||||
| HHVMilne | MJ/kg | 17.31 | 18.95 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||