Phyllis2 - almond shells (#2064)

almond shells (#2064)

ID-number	#2064
Material	almond shells
Classification	ECN Phyllis classification ▸ husk/shell/pit ▸ almond ▸ almond shells
Classification	NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [230] restproducten (doppen) ▸ [235] amandeldoppen
Submitter organisation	ECN (Netherlands)
Submission date	2001-04-05
Remarks	charcoal yield 36.7% at 1 MPa, fixed-C yield 28.9%
Literature	Antal,M.J., Allen,S.G., Dai,X, Shimizu,B., Tam,M.S. and Grønli: Attainment of the theoretical yield of carbon from biomass. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 39 (2000) 4024-4031

Values

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% (ar)
		Ash content									wt%		1.03
	Ultimate Analysis
		Carbon									wt%		49.94	50.46					Measured
		Hydrogen									wt%		5.79	5.85					Measured
		Nitrogen									wt%		0.17	0.17					Measured
		Sulphur									wt%		0.01	0.01					Measured
		Oxygen									wt%		45.01	45.48					Measured
		Total (with halides)									wt%		101.95	101.97					Calculated
	Calorific Values
		HHV_Milne									MJ/kg		19.25	19.45					Calculated
Chemical Analyses
	Biochemical composition
		Cellulose									wt% (dry)	24.70							Sugar Analysis
		Hemicellulose									wt% (dry)	27.00							Sugar Analysis
		Lignin									wt% (dry)	27.20							Measured
		Lignin acid insoluble (AIL)									wt% (dry)	27.20							Measured
		C5
			Arabinan								wt% (dry)	0.00
			Xylan								wt% (dry)	28.70
			Sum C5								wt% (dry)	28.70							Calculated
		C6
			Mannan								wt% (dry)	0.00
			Galactan								wt% (dry)	2.00
			Glucan								wt% (dry)	27.50
			Sum C6								wt% (dry)	29.50							Calculated
		Total ash + biochemical									wt% (dry)	79.93							Calculated