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.本项目旨在构建一套涵盖多种澳大利亚生物质与废弃物的燃料与能源特性数据库，以支撑其在各类热化学技术中的应用。该数据库收录的生物质来源涵盖农业领域（小麦秸秆、棉秆残体、甘蔗残体、鸡粪等）、林业领域（多为不同林业作业产出的木质废弃物，其中部分以废水灌溉培育）、工业加工领域（木材残余物、木材加工厂锯末、制糖业蔗渣、稻米加工业稻壳、造纸业造纸污泥等）以及城市废弃物领域（城市生活垃圾、绿化废弃物，以及污水处理厂产出的生物固体与污水）。数据库包含操作简便的各类信息，如工业分析、元素分析、热值及矿物质化学成分，可协助项目申办方推断拟建项目的产能与年产量。随着更多数据的获取，该数据库将持续更新并扩容。