TITLE:
Combustion Characteristics of Tree Woods
AUTHORS:
Suryakant Chakradhari, Khageshwar Singh Patel
KEYWORDS:
Tree, Heat Value, Moisture, Volatile Matter, Particulate Matter, Ash Residue
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems,
Vol.6 No.2,
May
12,
2016
ABSTRACT: Biomass is a renewable energy source because sun energy is stored in the form of biomass which
regrows over a relatively short period as compared to fossil fuel. The biomass on burning released
energy with emission of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matters and ash
residue. The combustion characteristics of biomass depends on several factors of plants i.e. bulk
density, moisture, organic matter and metal content. In this work, the combustion characteristics
i.e. heat value, moisture, volatile matter and ash content as well as emission fluxes of particulate
matters (PM10) of trees grown in central India are described. The calorific value (CV) of 53 trees
was ranged from 5190 - 8130 kcal/kg with mean value (p = 0.05) of 6380 ± 170 kcal/kg. Bahera
tree showed the highest CV, 8130 kcal/kg, and hence, it was chosen for the detailed studies.