Table2.
Fuel data for Danish cereal straw and wood chips [20]
| Chemical composition. Unit: wt% on dry basis | Straw | Wood chips | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical | Variation | Typical | Variation | |
| Ash | 4.5 | 2–7 | 1.0 | 0.3–6 |
| Volatiles | 78 | 75–81 | 81 | 70–85 |
| Hydrogen, H | 5.9 | 5.4–6.4 | 5.8 | 5.2–6.1 |
| Carbon, C | 47.5 | 47–48 | 50 | 49–52 |
| Nitrogen, N | 0.7 | 0.3–1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.7 |
| Sulphur, S | 0.15 | 0.1–0.2 | 0.05 | < 0.1 |
| Chlorine, Cl | 0.4 | 0.1–1.1 | 0.02 | < 0.1 |
| Silicon, Si | 0.8 | 0.1–1.5 | 0.1 | < 1.1 |
| Aluminum, Al | 0.005 | < 0.03 | 0.015 | < 0.1 |
| Iron, Fe | 0.01 | < 0.03 | 0.015 | < 0.1 |
| Calcium, Ca | 0.4 | 0.2–0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.9 |
| Magnesium, Mg | 0.07 | 0.04–0.13 | 0.04 | < 0.1 |
| Sodium, Na | 0.05 | < 0.3 | 0.015 | < 0.1 |
| Potassium, K | 1.0 | 0.2–1.9 | 0.1 | 0.05–0 |
| Phosphorus, P | 0.08 | 0.03–0.2 | 0.02 | < 0.1 |