Title:
Quality Assessment of Mediterranean Biofuels
Author(s):
Fernández, M., Barro, R., Cortés, R., Bados, R., Brunner, T., Kanzian, W., Hajos, N., Obernberger, I., Karampinis, E., Grammelis, P., Nikolopoulos, N., Almeida, T., Mendes, C., Cancela, E., Alves, N., Carrasco, J.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The objective of this work is to make a quality assessment of important Mediterranean biofuels as pre-normative research with the aim of revising and, eventually, adapting the currently applicable standards and/or developing new ones. For this purpose, an extensive analytical work over a total of 347 samples of biofuels and biomasses previously identified as of high potential to be widely used as fuels for heating purposes (olive tree and vineyard prunings, olives stones and different types of fruit shells) collected across 7 Mediterranean countries has been performed. The integrated statistical treatment and analysis of the results have allowed to determine relevant characteristic values of each biofuel and to compare them by country and with the quality limits in the existing related quality standards ISO 17225-2:2014 and ISO 17225-4:2014, developed to grade wood pellets and wood chips, respectively, and the Spanish standards UNE 16003:2014 and UNE 16004:2014 developed to grade olive stones and fruit shells for residential use, respectively. It can be concluded that olive tree and vineyard prunings are not generally expected to meet the quality requirements concerning ash and copper contents that are currently in place in the cited ISO standards. The UNE standards for olive stones and fruit shells could be applicable in at least all European Mediterranean countries considered in this study. The work performed may significantly contribute to the sustainable market development of the studied biofuels.
Keywords:
biomass, combustion, quality, chemical composition, quality standards
Topic:
Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Cooling and Electricity
Subtopic:
Production and supply of solid biofuels
Event:
26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2DV.2.15
Pages:
900 - 905
ISBN:
978-88-89407-18-9
Paper DOI:
10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-2DV.2.15
Price:
FREE
