ANALYSIS OF THERMAL-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BIOMASS ENERGY PELLETS

In modern life conditions, when emphasis is on environmental protection and sustainable development, fuels produced from biomass are increasingly gaining in importance, and it is necessary to consider the quality of end products obtained from biomass. Based on the existing European standards, collec...

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Published inInternational Journal for Quality Research Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 385 - 398
Main Authors Zorica Gluvakov, Slavica Prvulovic, Zlatko Kosut, Sasa Igic, Miladin Brkic
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia 01.01.2014
Subjects
ash content and calorific value
biomass
moisture content
pellet
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Summary:In modern life conditions, when emphasis is on environmental protection and sustainable development, fuels produced from biomass are increasingly gaining in importance, and it is necessary to consider the quality of end products obtained from biomass. Based on the existing European standards, collected literature and existing laboratory methods, this paper presents results of testing individual thermal - chemical properties of biomass energy pellets after extrusion and cooling the compressed material. Analysing samples based on standard methods, data were obtained on the basis of which individual thermal-chemical properties of pellets were estimated. Comparing the obtained results with the standards and literature sources, it can be said that moisture content, ash content and calorific values are the most important parameters for quality analysis which decide on applicability and use-value of biomass energy pellets, as biofuel. This paper also shows the impact of biofuels on the quality of environmental protection. The conclusion provides a clear statement of quality of biomass energy pellets.
ISSN:1800-6450
1800-7473