plastic and paper fluff (#2921)

ID-number#2921
Materialplastic and paper fluff
Classification ECN Phyllis classification ▸ RDF and MSW ▸ RDF with plastic
NTA 8003 classification ▸ [900] solid recovered fuels (SRF)
Ash type550°C
Submitter organisationECN (Netherlands)
Submission date2011-02-28
LiteratureG. Dunnu, J. Maier, G. Scheffknecht: Ash fusibility and compositional data of solid recovered fuels. Fuel 89 (2010) 1534-1540.

Values

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

Fuel Properties

Proximate Analysis
Moisture content wt% 6.83
Ash content wt% 24.82 26.64
Volatile matter wt% 63.11 67.74 92.34
Fixed carbon wt% 5.24 5.62 7.66 Calculated

Ultimate Analysis
Carbon wt% 45.68 49.03 66.83 Measured
Hydrogen wt% 7.69 8.25 11.25 Measured
Nitrogen wt% 0.81 0.87 1.19 Measured
Sulphur wt% 0.11 0.12 0.16 Measured
Oxygen wt% 14.06 15.09 20.57 Calculated
Total (with halides) wt% 100.00 100.00 100.00 Calculated

Calorific Values
Net calorific value (LHV) MJ/kg 17.32 18.77 25.58
Gross calorific value (HHV) MJ/kg 19.16 20.57 28.04
HHVMilne MJ/kg 23.69 25.42 34.66 Calculated

Physical Properties

Ash melting behaviour

American standard method, measured in oxidizing conditions
IDT (initial deformation temperature) °C 1 170
SOT (softening or spherical temperature) °C 1 130
HT (hemispherical temperature) °C 1 190
FT (fluid temperature) °C 1 220

Ash Properties

Ash composition
CO2 wt% (ash) 7.71
SO3 wt% (ash) 2.50
P2O5 wt% (ash) 1.70
SiO2 wt% (ash) 36.07
Fe2O3 wt% (ash) 3.94
Al2O3 wt% (ash) 16.18
CaO wt% (ash) 21.80
MgO wt% (ash) 2.59
Na2O wt% (ash) 4.80
K2O wt% (ash) 2.82
TiO2 wt% (ash) 1.31