peat (#1904)

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ID-number#1904
Materialpeat
Classification ECN Phyllis classification ▸ fossil fuel ▸ peat ▸ peat
NTA 8003 classification ▸ [800] samengestelde stromen
Ash type550°C
Submitter organisationECN (Netherlands)
Submission date2001-02-08
Remarkssame data in: Energy & Fuels 19 (2005) 825-832
LiteratureM. Öhman: A new method to quantify fluidized bed agglomeration in the combustion of biomass fuels. Licantiate thesis.Thesis, Umea University, 23 p. (1997).

Values

Property Unit Value Std dev Det lim Lab Date Method Remarks
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Main biomass properties

Proximate analysis
Moisture content wt% 53.20
Ash content wt% 2.53 5.40

Ultimate analysis (macroelements)
Carbon wt% 25.08 53.60 56.66 Measured
Hydrogen wt% 2.90 6.20 6.55 Measured
Oxygen wt% 14.60 31.20 32.98 Calculated
Nitrogen wt% 1.50 3.20 3.38 Measured
Sulphur wt% 0.09 0.19 0.21 Calculated
Total (with halides) wt% 99.91 99.81 99.79 Calculated

Halides
Chlorine (Cl) mg/kg 51.5 110.0 116.3 Calculated

Heating value
HHVMilne MJ/kg 10.43 22.28 23.55 Calculated

Ash melting behaviour

American standard method, measured in oxidizing conditions
IDT (initial deformation temperature) °C 1 100
SOT (softening or spherical temperature) °C 1 160
HT (hemispherical temperature) °C 1 180
FT (fluid temperature) °C 1 200

Ash Properties

Ash composition
CO2 wt% (ash) 3.00
SO3 wt% (ash) 9.00
Cl wt% (ash) 0.20
P2O5 wt% (ash) 2.30
SiO2 wt% (ash) 28.20
Fe2O3 wt% (ash) 24.00
Al2O3 wt% (ash) 4.30
CaO wt% (ash) 19.20
MgO wt% (ash) 0.70
Na2O wt% (ash) 0.20
K2O wt% (ash) 1.10