A correlation for calculating elemental composition from proximate analysis of biomass materials

Parikh, Jigisha; Channiwala, S. A.; Ghosal, G. K.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2006.12.029

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“…Volatile matter of biomass fuels results from the thermal decomposition of the precursor and usually consists of H 2 O, CO, CO 2 , H 2 , CH 4 , and tar, which is a complex mixture of condensable hydrocarbons, mainly levoglucosan, phenolic compounds, and carboxylic acids (Demirbas 2011b;Jurena and Hájek 2011;Lori et al 2007;Parikh et al 2007). Fuels with high fixed carbon contents and little volatile matter burn more slowly, which means that they may require a long time period in the furnace to burn completely (Brand 2010;Nogueira and Lora 2003).…”

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Brazilian Lignocellulosic Wastes for Bioenergy Production: Characterization and Comparison with Fossil Fuels

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The aim of this paper was to analyze energy-related properties of forestry and agricultural wastes for energy production purposes, and to compare them with fossil fuels. The forestry wastes used were red cedar, Eucalyptus, and Pinus wood shavings. The agricultural wastes analyzed were rice husk, coffee wastes, sugar cane bagasse, maize harvesting wastes, and bamboo cellulose pulp. The forestry wastes presented more suitable properties for bioenergy production than the agricultural wastes. Desirable energetic properties were found for coffee wastes. The opposite was verified for rice husks. Among the biomass studied, coffee wastes presented the highest equivalent in fossil fuel volume and hence may lead to the highest decrease in CO 2 emissions by fossil fuels used in Brazil for steam and heat production. The results suggests that CO 2 benefits can be obtained if bioenergy is generated in the same locale where biomass is produced, avoiding CO 2 cost of logistics and leading to greater end-use efficiency. The present work promotes the widespread use of different lignocellulosic wastes for bioenergy production and gives useful information for the planning and the control of power plants using biomass.

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Section: Fig 3 Proximate and Ash Analysis Of The Wastes (Standard Dmentioning

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Brazilian Lignocellulosic Wastes for Bioenergy Production: Characterization and Comparison with Fossil Fuels

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“…Proximate analysis was measured according to the national standard GB212-91 (China) and ultimate analysis was analyzed by Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH vario EL cube elemental analyzer. In component analysis experiments, 72% H 2 SO 4 , 2 mol/L HCl, and saturated HCl, respectively, were used to hydrolyze the biomass materials to analyze the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin contents according to the literatures (Parikh et al, 2007 (Parr Instrument Company, Moline, IL). All experiments were replicated three times.…”

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“…Biomass pyrolysis is commonly regarded as technically and economically feasible. The investigation of biomass pyrolysis kinetics can obtain the pyrolysis parameters, which is significant for evaluating the reaction mechanism and the influence factors (Antal and Friedman, 1980;Arpa et al, 2010;Babu and Chaurasia, 2004;Hujuri et al, 2008;Johannes et al, 2004;Ngo et al, 2010;Órfã and Figueiredo, 2001;Parikh et al, 2007;Stolarek and Ledakowicz, 2005;Wang et al, 2006;Zhou et al, 2010).…”

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The Pyrolysis Characteristics and Kinetics of the Marine MacroalgaeEnteromorpha proliferaUsing a Thermogravimetric Analyzer

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“…Taking major agricultural biomass into account, the annual yield of livestock manure is more than 4 billion tons (Shen et al 2015), and that of crop straws is approximately 0.8 billion tons (Wang et al 2010). Biomass contains a number of chemical elements, such as C, H, O, N, and S, and elemental compositional analysis is important to evaluate and predict their recycling potential (Parikh et al 2007;Vassilev et al 2010). Agricultural biomass comes in a wide range of types, forms, compositions, and structures in China (Vassilev et al 2013).…”

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Applicability of Two Separation Methods for Elemental Analysis of Typical Agricultural Biomass in China

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China still lacks standardized methods for element compositional analysis of agricultural biomass, in particular crop straw and livestock manure, which severely restricts the efficiency of the comprehensive utilization of agricultural biomass. Two separation methods, namely adsorbeddesorbed separation (AS) and chromatographic separation (CS), were applied to simultaneously analyze the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur elements in major agricultural biomass. The optimal sizes of 1.00 mm for crop straws and 0.50 mm for livestock manure were obtained through optimization experiments. Afterwards, the sample mass was considered on two different elemental analysis instruments. From the metrological characteristics and variance analysis, a sample mass of 40 mg of the AS method was applicable for all the agricultural biomass, even with a content of 0.5%. On the other hand, 5 mg of the CS method was suitable for agricultural biomass with contents greater than 1.5%. It is recommended that samples should be kept free of impurities and completely homogeneous, especially for livestock manure. The results provide significant data for establishing a national standard system in the near future.

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A correlation for calculating elemental composition from proximate analysis of biomass materials

Cited by 231 publications

References 13 publications

Brazilian Lignocellulosic Wastes for Bioenergy Production: Characterization and Comparison with Fossil Fuels

Brazilian Lignocellulosic Wastes for Bioenergy Production: Characterization and Comparison with Fossil Fuels

The Pyrolysis Characteristics and Kinetics of the Marine MacroalgaeEnteromorpha proliferaUsing a Thermogravimetric Analyzer

Applicability of Two Separation Methods for Elemental Analysis of Typical Agricultural Biomass in China

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