Thermochemical characterisation of straws and high yielding perennial grasses

Greenhalf, Charles; Nowakowski, Daniel J.; Bridgwater, Anthony V.; Titiloye, James O.; Yates, N. E.; Riche, A. B.; Shield, I.

doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.10.025

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“…The perennial crops tested in our study can be produced not only for solid biofuels but also as raw material for the production of liquid and gas fuels (Christian et al, 2008;Greenhalf et al, 2012;Somerville et al, 2010). Then, some of them can be harvested in two or even three cuts during one growing season instead of waiting for one harvest after they stop growing.…”

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Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Perennial Energy Crops Depending on Harvest Period

Stolarski¹,

Krzyżaniak²,

Śnieg³

et al. 2014

International Agrophysics

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A b s t r a c t. This paper presents analyses of the thermophysical and chemical properties of eleven perennial crop species harvested in one-year rotation cycles. The crops included four species grown for biomass in the form of straw, five species producing semi-wood biomass, and two species yielding wood biomass. The research comprised three consecutive crop harvests. In each harvesting season, biomass samples for analyses were taken on six dates at one-month intervals. Thermophysical and chemical properties of the biomass were significantly differentiated within the main experimental factors and their interactions. The biomass produced by Virginia mallow had the best quality parameters as solid fuel. In fact, it achieved the lowest water content and the highest lower heating value during all of the analyzed seasons and harvest dates. The biomass of the species yielding straw or semi-wood products attained better quality as solid fuel on later harvest dates. In turn, the quality of willow biomass remained practically unchanged between the harvest dates.K e y w o r d s: biomass, perennial crops, lower heating value, ash content, chemical composition

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Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Perennial Energy Crops Depending on Harvest Period

Stolarski¹,

Krzyżaniak²,

Śnieg³

et al. 2014

International Agrophysics

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“…The SRWCs biomass can contain several times less ash than the straw or grass biomass (Greenhalf et al, 2012;Lalak et al, 2016). Still, compared to coal, ash content in woody biomass can be up to a dozen times lower (Bowen and Irwin, 2008;Dincer and Zamfirescu, 2014).…”

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Evaluation of biomass quality of selected woody species depending on the soil enrichment practice

Stolarski¹,

Krzyżaniak²,

Załuski³

et al. 2018

International Agrophysics

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A b s t r a c t. Perennial energy crops are a source of the biomass used to generate energy. The aim of this study was to determine the chemical and thermophysical parameters of short rotation woody crops (black locust, poplar and willow), depending on soil enrichment practice (mineral fertilisation, lignin and mycorrhiza), in three-and four-year harvest cycles. In the study, the thermophysical properties and elemental composition of the biomass were determined. All analyses were performed in triplicate according to the standards. The fresh black locust biomass had the lowest moisture content, which resulted in the best lower heating value (10.16 MJ kg -1

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“…The use of thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) in lignocellulosic biomass for determining thermal degradation profile has been widely accepted. TGA is a powerful tool for characterizing the different woody biomass as well as herbaceous biomass and to determine the composition of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin [20][21]. This technology is well accepted in studies of pyrolytic decomposition of woody plant biomass.…”

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“…This technology is well accepted in studies of pyrolytic decomposition of woody plant biomass. The thermal degradation profile of such biomass occurs at different temperature, such as hemicellulose at 250-300 0 C followed by cellulose at 300-350 0 C and finally lignin at 350-500 0 C or beyond [21][22][23].…”

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Physico-Chemical Characterization and Thermal Behaviour Study of Lignocellulosic Biomass Obtained From a Few Wild Grasses of Kamrup (Assam) and Thoubal (Manipur) for Biofuel Production

2016

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Thermochemical characterisation of straws and high yielding perennial grasses

Cited by 89 publications

References 33 publications

Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Perennial Energy Crops Depending on Harvest Period

Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Perennial Energy Crops Depending on Harvest Period

Evaluation of biomass quality of selected woody species depending on the soil enrichment practice

Physico-Chemical Characterization and Thermal Behaviour Study of Lignocellulosic Biomass Obtained From a Few Wild Grasses of Kamrup (Assam) and Thoubal (Manipur) for Biofuel Production

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