Characterization of Canadian biomass for alternative renewable biofuel

Naik, S. N.; Goud, Vaibhav V.; Rout, Prasant Kumar; Jacobson, Kathlene; Dalai, Ajay K.

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2009.08.033

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“…Although woody biomass has a higher lignin and cellulose content than herbaceous biomass, leading to higher calorific value, the gross calorific values of the biomass obtained in this study were similar to those found in food plant residues and straw (16.7-17.8 MJ kg -1 , Naik et al, 2010;Wang et al, 2011), and lower than the typical calorific values reported for softwood and hardwood (20 MJ kg -1 and 18 MJ kg -1 , respectively; López et al, 2011;Telmo et al, 2010). This is likely due to the relatively lower lignin content in the one to two-year-old plants used in this study, in comparison with other studies using older plants, given that the accumulation of lignin, with a higher calorific value than cellulose, increases with age (Villanueva et al, 2011).…”

Section: Gasification and Combustionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Improving sustainability in the remediation of contaminated soils by the use of compost and energy valorization by Paulownia fortunei

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Domínguez

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et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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The plantation of fast growing trees in contaminated sites, in combination with the use of organic wastes, could partially solve a dual environmental problem: the disposal of these wastes and the improvement of soil quality in these degraded soils. This study evaluated the effects of two composts amendments on the quantity and quality of Paulownia fortunei biomass and on syngas production by biomass gasification, produced by plants growing on trace elements contaminated soils. Compost increased biomass production to values similar to those produced in non-contaminated soils, due to the improvement in plant nutritional status. Moreover, biomass quality for gasification was increased by compost addition. Trace element accumulation in the biomass was relatively low and not related to biomass production or the gas quality obtained through gasification. Thus, P. fortunei plantations could pose an opportunity to Preprint submitted to Elsevier 2 improve the economic balance of the revegetation of contaminated soils, given that other commercial uses such as food or fodder crop production is not recommended in these soils.

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Section: Gasification and Combustionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Improving sustainability in the remediation of contaminated soils by the use of compost and energy valorization by Paulownia fortunei

Madejón

Domínguez

Díaz

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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“…These results, in particular one related to the chips obtained from coniferous woods and their higher heating value are well documented in the literature, and naturally related to the high resin content [16]. In this regard, the original contribution of our work is not as much in proving something that is already well known, but rather in associating specific energetic characteristics to specific physic features (fiber and bark content), so as to allow an accurate determination of fuel energy content through proximate analysis, as also suggested by others authors [6,17].…”

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Characterization of Woodchips for Energy from Forestry and Agroforestry Production

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Abstract:We set out to determine the particle-size distribution, the fiber, the bark and the leaves content, the heating value, the CNH and the ash content of a wide sample of wood chips, collected from 10 forestry and 10 agroforestry production sources. This sampling focused on two main production types: forestry (Full Tree System-FTS-and logging residues-LR) and agroforestry (Short Rotation Coppice-SRC). For the forestry production wood chips from coniferous and broadleaf species were considered. For the agroforestry production wood chips from poplar plantations were examined (different clones with two different harvesting intervals). Overall, we collected 400 samples. Particle size distribution was determined with an automatic screening device on 200 samples. The higher heating value was determined on 200 subsamples using an adiabatic bomb calorimeter. The CNH and the ash content was ascertained on another 200 subsamples. FTS and SRC (with three year old sprouts) offered the best quality, with high fiber content (71%-80%), favorable particle-size distribution and good energetic parameters. On the contrary, both logging residues and SRC (with two year old sprouts) presented a high bark content (18%-27%) and occasionally a mediocre particle-size distribution, being often too rich in fines (6%-12%), but the energetic parameters are in the normal range. OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2012, 5 3804

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“…The band at 2937 cm could be a result of aliphatic saturated C-H stretching vibrations (asymmetric and symmetric methyl and methylene stretching groups) from extractives and lignin components of the biomass since fatty acid methyl esters and phenolic acid methyl esters, have methyl and methylene groups [29][30][31][32]. In the fingerprint region, the band at 1600 cm −1 may be due to the ring-conjugated C=C bonds of lignin while the band observed at 1200 cm −1 may be an indication of O-H bending in the cellulose and hemicellulose components of the biomass [5,25,26,28,[33][34][35][36]. The frequency at 1,050 cm −1 may be ascribed to C-O, and C=C, and C-C-O stretching in cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin [25,28,34,36] while the bands between 800 and 600 cm −1 may be attributed to aromatic C-H bending vibrations from the lignin in the samples [5,35,36].…”

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Comprehensive Characterization of Napier Grass as a Feedstock for Thermochemical Conversion

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Study on Napier grass leaf (NGL), stem (NGS) and leaf and stem (NGT) was carried out. Proximate, ultimate and structural analyses were evaluated. Functional groups and crystalline components in the biomass were examined. Pyrolysis study was conducted in a thermogravimetric analyzer under nitrogen atmosphere of 20 mL/min at constant heating rate of 10 K/min. The results reveal that Napier grass biomass has high volatile matter, higher heating value, high carbon content and lower ash, nitrogen and sulfur contents. Structural analysis shows that the biomass has considerable cellulose and lignin contents which are good candidates for good quality bio-oil production. From the pyrolysis study, degradation of extractives, hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin occurred at temperature around 478, 543, 600 and above 600 K, respectively. Kinetics of the process was evaluated using reaction order model. New equations that described the process were developed using the kinetic parameters and data compared with experimental data. The results of the models fit well to OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2015, 8 3404 the experimental data. The proposed models may be a reliable means for describing thermal decomposition of lignocellulosic biomass under nitrogen atmosphere at constant heating rate.

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Characterization of Canadian biomass for alternative renewable biofuel

Cited by 376 publications

References 17 publications

Improving sustainability in the remediation of contaminated soils by the use of compost and energy valorization by Paulownia fortunei

Improving sustainability in the remediation of contaminated soils by the use of compost and energy valorization by Paulownia fortunei

Characterization of Woodchips for Energy from Forestry and Agroforestry Production

Comprehensive Characterization of Napier Grass as a Feedstock for Thermochemical Conversion

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