wood pellets (#3253)

ID-number#3253
Materialwood pellets
Alternative nameWooden pellets
Classification CEN/TS 14961 classification ▸ Solid biofuels ▸ Woody biomass ▸ Forest and plantation wood ▸ Whole trees without roots ▸ Deciduous
ECN Phyllis classification ▸ untreated wood ▸ other hard wood ▸ hard wood
NTA 8003 classification ▸ [100] hout ▸ [110] vers hout ▸ [120] loofhout ▸ [125] hard loofhout
Sample locationPort of Pärnu
CountryEstonia
Production date2009-09-01
Submitter organisationECN (Netherlands)

Values

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

Fuel Properties

Proximate Analysis
Moisture content wt% 7.10 TUT CEN/TS 14774-1,2,3
Volatile matter wt% 78.41 84.40 84.82 TUT
Ash content at 550°C wt% 0.46 0.50 TUT CEN/TS 14775
Fixed carbon wt% 14.03 15.10 15.18 Calculated

Ultimate Analysis
Sulphur wt% (dry) <0.05 TUT CEN/TS15289
Total (with halides) wt% 7.56 0.50 0.00 Calculated

Calorific Values
Net calorific value (LHV) MJ/kg 18.88 20.51 20.61 TUT CEN/TS 14918
Gross calorific value (HHV) MJ/kg 16.42 17.67 17.76 TUT

Physical Properties

Ash melting behaviour

European standard method
SH (shrinkage temperature) °C 1 230
DEF (deformation temperature) °C 1 250
HE (hemispherical temperature) °C 1 290
FL (flow temperature) °C 1 330

Particle size distribution
<0.25 mm wt% 12.00 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
0.25-0.5 mm wt% 20.00 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
0.5-1.0 mm wt% 38.00 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
1.0-1.4 mm wt% 18.00 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
1.4-2.0 mm wt% 9.40 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
2.0-2.8 mm wt% 1.60 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
2.8-3.15 mm wt% 0.10 CEN/TS 15149-1,2
3.15-8 mm wt% 0.90 CEN/TS 15149-1,2