Solid and liquid biofuels characterization
Last update: 8 March 2023
Many biomasses can be used in energy production: wood and by-products of forestry harvesting, primary agricultural residues such as straw, corn cobs, rice husks, vegetable oils, etc., as well as residues from food-processing (cakes, olive pomace, fruit kernels, seed shells, etc.).
These various types of biomass have very variable properties that have to be measured to optimize processes. Our laboratories are equipped and skilled for measuring:
- Higher and lower heating values;
- Ash, moisture content, and volatile matter contents, according to NF standard IN 1860-2;
- Specific surface areas of solids;
- Temperatures and kinetics of thermal decomposition by thermogravimetric analyser;
- Chemical composition of liquid fuels (by chromatography, GC-TCD);
- Water content according to the Karl Fischer method.
Last update: 8 March 2023