sugarcane fiber (#2807)

ID-number#2807
Materialsugarcane fiber
Classification ECN Phyllis classification ▸ organic residue/product ▸ food industry waste
NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [250] overige restprodcuten ▸ [255] landbouwafval
Submitter organisationECN (Netherlands)
Submission date2006-07-11
Remarksaverage of 3 analyses
LiteratureS.Q. Turn, B.M. Jenkins, L.A. Jakeway, L.G. Blevins et al: Test results from sugar cane bagasse and high fiber cane co-fired with fossil fuels. Biomass and Bioenergy 30 (2006) 565-574

Values

Property Unit Value Std dev Det lim Lab Date Method Remarks
ar dry daf

Fuel Properties

Proximate Analysis
Moisture content wt% 71.80
Ash content wt% 4.42 15.68
Volatile matter wt% 20.19 71.61 84.93
Fixed carbon wt% 3.58 12.71 15.07 Calculated

Ultimate Analysis
Carbon wt% 12.55 44.50 52.78 Measured
Hydrogen wt% 1.46 5.18 6.14 Measured
Nitrogen wt% 0.14 0.51 0.60 Measured
Sulphur wt% 0.05 0.16 0.19 Measured
Oxygen wt% 9.54 33.84 40.13 Calculated
Total (with halides) wt% 100.08 100.30 100.36 Calculated

Calorific Values
Net calorific value (LHV) MJ/kg 2.66 15.67 18.58
Gross calorific value (HHV) MJ/kg 4.74 16.80 19.92
HHVMilne MJ/kg 4.99 17.71 21.00 Calculated

Chemical Analyses

Halides
Chlorine (Cl) mg/kg 1 212.6 4 300.0 5 099.6 Measured

Physical Properties

Ash melting behaviour

American standard method, measured in oxidizing conditions
IDT (initial deformation temperature) °C 1 163
SOT (softening or spherical temperature) °C 1 176
HT (hemispherical temperature) °C 1 200
FT (fluid temperature) °C 1 226

Ash Properties

Ash composition
SO3 wt% (ash) 1.47
Cl wt% (ash) 1.49
P2O5 wt% (ash) 1.26
SiO2 wt% (ash) 47.25
Fe2O3 wt% (ash) 10.64
Al2O3 wt% (ash) 12.83
CaO wt% (ash) 6.80
MgO wt% (ash) 4.23
Na2O wt% (ash) 1.77
K2O wt% (ash) 7.29