BIOMASS PROCESSING

Table 1. Results of area determinations on input oak wood chips


Grinding input material

Particle Assumption 1

Particle Assumption 2

Particle Assumption 3

Input material particle size

A/weight
(m^2/kg)

Input material particle size

A/weight
(m^2/kg)

Input material particle size

A/weight
(m^2/kg)

Particle on sieve  > 2 mm - assume as flat rectangle

 

10.549

 

Particle on seive  > 2 mm - assume as flat rectangle

 

11.471

Particle on seive  > 2 mm - assume as flat rectangle

 

11.471

Particle on seive  1- 2 mm - assume as sphere of size = Sqroot of product of upper and low sieve sizes

 

 

6.020

Particle on seive 1-2 2 mm - assume as flat rectangle of measured particle thickness, length and width of assumed sieve representative size = Sqroot of product of upper and low seive sizes

 

 

14.562

Particle on seive 1- 2 mm - assume as flat rectangle of 0.5 original measured particle thickness, length and width of assumed sieve representative size = Sqroot of product of upper and low seive sizes

 

 

25.111

Particle on seive  < 1 mm - assume as sphere of size = Sqroot of product of upper and low sieve sizes

 

12.039

Particle on seive  < 1mm - assume as flat rectangle of measured particle thickness, length and width of assumed sieve representative size = Sqroot of product of upper and low seive sizes

 

18.575

Particle on seive  < 1mm - assume as flat rectangle of 0.5 original measured particle thickness, length and width of assumed sieve representative size = Sqroot of product of upper and low seive sizes

 

29.124

Cumulative area by mass fraction on each sieve

 

9.799

 

 

13.382

 

 

17.544








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