reed canary grass (#1909)

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ID-number#1909
Materialreed canary grass
Classification ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ reed ▸ reed canary grass
NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [210] gras ▸ [219] overig gras
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
ar dry daf

Main biomass properties

Proximate analysis
Moisture content wt% 9.50
Ash content wt% 5.16 5.70

Ultimate analysis (macroelements)
Carbon wt% 42.08 46.50 49.31 Measured
Hydrogen wt% 5.16 5.70 6.04 Measured
Oxygen wt% 37.65 41.60 44.11 Calculated
Nitrogen wt% 0.36 0.40 0.42 Measured
Sulphur wt% 0.04 0.05 0.05 Calculated
Total (with halides) wt% 99.95 99.95 99.94 Calculated

Heating value
Net calorific value (LHV) MJ/kg 15.80 17.72 18.79
Gross calorific value (HHV) MJ/kg 17.16 18.96 20.10
HHVMilne MJ/kg 16.54 18.27 19.38 Calculated

Ash melting behaviour

American standard method, measured in oxidizing conditions
IDT (initial deformation temperature) °C 1 260
SOT (softening or spherical temperature) °C 1 520
HT (hemispherical temperature) °C 1 560

Ash Properties

Ash composition
CO2 wt% (ash) 1.10
SO3 wt% (ash) 2.10
Cl wt% (ash) 0.00
P2O5 wt% (ash) 2.50
SiO2 wt% (ash) 72.50
Fe2O3 wt% (ash) 0.70
Al2O3 wt% (ash) 1.30
CaO wt% (ash) 5.60
MgO wt% (ash) 1.20
Na2O wt% (ash) 0.90
K2O wt% (ash) 3.40