Title:
Wooden Biofuels in Europe - Quantities and Corrosion Relevant Characteristics
Author(s):
Schmidl, C., Friedl, G., Haslinger, W., Humel, S., Schwabl, M., Voglauer, B.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
In a pre-normative research project on the corrosion load of flue gas from biomass combustion on metal chimney systems, the European wooden biofuel market was studied with respect to quantities and corrosion relevant properties. A methodology for estimating European wood fuel tree species by combining data from different statistical sources has been developed. Results indicate that France with an annual consumption of more than 40 Mm³ of wood for household energy production is leading, followed by Germany with approximately 25Mm³. Concerning wood fuel tree species the calculation identified oak as most important wood fuel in Europe with an annual consumption of around 38Mm³. Other important tree species are beech, spruce and pine with approximately 20 -25Mm³ consumption per year for each. Together these four tree species cover more than 75% of wood fuel in Europe. The study of corrosive compounds in wooden biofuels revealed significant discrepancies between actual fuelwood analysis results and literature data as well as thresholds defined in the European fuel standard. In case of chlorine the average concentration in the samples (30mg/kg) was almost one order of magnitude lower than literature values and the threshold proposed for the highest wood pellet class in the European standard EN14961 (200mg/kg).
Keywords:
chemical composition, corrosion, market, small scale application, standardisation, wood
Topic:
Biomass resources
Subtopic:
Availability and cost of biomass resources
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
VP1.1.17
Pages:
308 - 315
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-VP1.1.17
Price:
FREE
