Phyllis2

chicken manure (#1747)

ID-number	#1747
Material	chicken manure
Alternative name	poultry litter
Classification	ECN Phyllis classification ▸ manure ▸ poultry ▸ chicken manure
Classification	NTA 8003 classification ▸ [300] mest ▸ [310] pluimveemest
Submitter organisation	ECN (Netherlands)
Submission date	2000-07-06
Literature	F.Anton, A.Andreas, P.Emmanuel, P.F.G.Michael and M.F.Suppan: Poultry litter as a fuel for a fluidised bed incinerator. In: Biomass for energy and industry. Proc. 1st World conference and exhibition, Sevilla, 5-9 June 2000 (Eds. S.Kyritsis et al.)

Property				Unit	Value			Std dev	Det lim	Lab	Date	Method	Remarks
Property				Unit	ar	dry	daf	Std dev	Det lim	Lab	Date	Method	Remarks
Fuel Properties
	Proximate Analysis
		Moisture content		wt%	15.80
		Ash content		wt%	14.36	17.05
	Ultimate Analysis
		Carbon		wt%	32.45	38.54	46.46					Measured
		Hydrogen		wt%	4.45	5.29	6.37					Measured
		Nitrogen		wt%	5.74	6.82	8.22					Measured
		Sulphur		wt%	0.29	0.34	0.42					Measured
		Oxygen		wt%	26.83	31.86	38.41					Measured
		Total (with halides)		wt%	100.00	100.00	100.00					Calculated
	Calorific Values
		Net calorific value (LHV)		MJ/kg	11.68	14.33	17.28
		Gross calorific value (HHV)		MJ/kg	13.04	15.49	18.67
		HHV_Milne		MJ/kg	12.88	15.29	18.44					Calculated
Chemical Analyses
	Halides
		Chlorine (Cl)		mg/kg	900.0	1 068.9	1 288.6					Measured
Physical Properties
	Ash melting behaviour
		American standard method, measured in oxidizing conditions
			IDT (initial deformation temperature)	°C	1 140
Ash Properties
	Ash composition
		SO₃		wt% (ash)	1.67
		Cl		wt% (ash)	1.04
		P₂O₅		wt% (ash)	11.48
		SiO₂		wt% (ash)	1.93
		Fe₂O₃		wt% (ash)	1.27
		Al₂O₃		wt% (ash)	0.07
		CaO		wt% (ash)	59.38
		MgO		wt% (ash)	4.61
		Na₂O		wt% (ash)	2.17
		K₂O		wt% (ash)	15.35
		Cu		mg/kg (ash)	0.0
		Mn		mg/kg (ash)	0.1