ARTICLE NAME:

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOMASS FUELS FROM AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES

AUTHOR NAME

A.N.SEETHALASHMI

ISSUE:

VOL.1, NO.2

YEAR:

2018

PAGE NO:

199-202

ABSTRACT:

In rural areas biomass has been the traditional energy source. Considering the quantitative availability, the non-plantation resources are most potential. We developed a protocol in order to characterize the physical and chemical properties of agricultural residues to be used as feedstock for energy conversion process. Proximate, ultimate and elemental analyses showed that agricultural residues rice husk, rice straw maize stalk and sugar cane are appropriate to meet the requirement of thermochemical process. When compared to coal, agricultural residues biomass has a lower energy density and lower ash content. Nitrogen and Sulfur are very low, on the other hand, the content in ash-farming elements, especially in potassium is quite high and hence it is necessary to concentrate to prevent technical problems in operating thermochemical power plant using this type of biomass as feedstock. This sort of study could serve to create a database of biomass fuels which would support decision making in terms of energy conversion technology selection and operating condition setting.

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