Database of chemical properties of Australian biomass and waste

This project sought to develop a database of fuel and energy characteristics for a range of Australian biomass and wastes to support their use in a range of thermochemical technologies. The database includes biomass sourced from agriculture (wheat straw, cotton trash, sugar cane trash, chicken manure, etc), forestry (mostly woody wastes from different forestry operations including some irrigated by effluent), industrial processing (timber residues, saw dust from timber mills, bagasse from sugar industry, rice hull from rice industry, paper sludge from paper industry, etc) and urban waste (municipal solid waste, green waste and biosolids and sewage from waste water treatment facilities). The database contains relatively simple-to-use information such as proximate analysis, ultimate analysis, calorific value as well as chemical composition of mineral matter to enable project proponents to draw conclusions as to likely plant capacity and annual output. It will be updated and expanded over time as more data are available.

本项目旨在开发一个涵盖澳大利亚各类生物质与废物的燃料及能源特性数据库，以支持其在多种热化学技术（thermochemical technologies）中的应用。该数据库收录的生物质来源包括农业领域（小麦秸秆、棉花废料、甘蔗废料、鸡粪等）、林业领域（主要为不同林业作业产生的木质废物，其中部分采用废水灌溉）、工业加工领域（木材残余物、木材加工厂锯末、制糖业甘蔗渣、稻米业稻壳、造纸业纸污泥等）及城市废物领域（城市固体废弃物、绿化废物、生物固体及污水处理厂产生的污水）。数据库包含易于使用的基础信息，如工业分析（proximate analysis）、元素分析（ultimate analysis）、热值（calorific value）以及矿物质化学成分，可帮助项目方推断潜在的工厂产能与年产出。随着更多数据的获取，该数据库将持续更新与扩展。