switchgrass, cultivar GA992 (#2872)
| ID-number | #2872 |
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| Material | switchgrass, cultivar GA992 |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ switch grass |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [210] gras ▸ [219] overig gras | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Submission date | 2010-01-05 |
| Remarks | Extractives contain about 57% sugars, 17% fatty acids, 18% alkanol, 2% alkane and 6% sterol |
| Literature | J. Yan, Z. Hu, Y. Pu, E.C. Brummer, A.J. Ragauskas: Chemical compositions of four switchgrass populations. Biomass and Biochemistry 34 (2010) 48-53. |
Values
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Fuel Properties |
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Proximate Analysis |
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| Moisture content | wt% (ar) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ash content | wt% | 1.94 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate Analysis |
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| Total (with halides) | wt% | 1.94 | 0.00 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Chemical Analyses |
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Biochemical composition |
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| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 21.12 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Extractives 95% EtOH | wt% (dry) | 12.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
C5 |
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| Arabinan | wt% (dry) | 3.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xylan | wt% (dry) | 26.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C5 | wt% (dry) | 30.01 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
C6 |
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| Mannan | wt% (dry) | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galactan | wt% (dry) | 1.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glucan | wt% (dry) | 33.44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C6 | wt% (dry) | 35.38 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 35.06 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||