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Thermochemical Characterization of Biomass Residues and Wastes for Bioenergy

T. E. Odetoye, S. F. Ibarhiam, James Titiloye Orcid Logo

Valorization of Biomass to Value-Added Commodities, Pages: 93 - 100

Swansea University Author: James Titiloye Orcid Logo

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Biomass residues from plants and animal sources have been considered as organic materials useful for bioenergy production. The characteristics of a particular biomass sample are part of the factors that influence the properties of the resultant products used for bioenergy purpose. The choice of biom...

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Published in: Valorization of Biomass to Value-Added Commodities
ISBN: 9783030380311 9783030380328
ISSN: 1865-3529 1865-3537
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55161
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Abstract: Biomass residues from plants and animal sources have been considered as organic materials useful for bioenergy production. The characteristics of a particular biomass sample are part of the factors that influence the properties of the resultant products used for bioenergy purpose. The choice of biomass feedstock and its suitable characterization method is therefore an important prerequisite step towards the determination of biomass fitness for thermal conversion methods. Biomass waste resources can be characterized using various techniques such as proximate, compositional, ultimate and thermogravimetric analyses. Important biomass characteristics include moisture content, volatile matter and ash content for proximate analysis while ultimate analysis provides information on elemental composition of the biomass. The compositional analysis involves the determination of the neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) contents of the biomass for estimating the hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin contents of the biomass. Thermogravimetric analysis is used to determine the kinetic parameter of samples under different conditions. New evolving biomass characterization methods and analytical techniques are discussed including current trends, results, challenges and future outlook The evolving methods and analytical techniques are motivated by the need for efficient high-throughput methods to analyse biomass for thermochemical conversion.
Keywords: Bioenergy; Biomass residues; Characterization; Conversion; Thermochemical
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 93
End Page: 100