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覆盖多种澳大利亚生物质与废弃物的燃料及能源特性数据库，以支撑其在多种热化学技术（thermochemical technologies）中的应用。该数据库涵盖源自农业领域的生物质（小麦秸秆、棉花残茬、甘蔗残茬、鸡粪等）、林业领域（主要为各类林业作业产生的木质废弃物，其中部分采用废水灌溉）、工业加工领域（木材厂剩余物、锯屑、制糖业蔗渣、稻米产业稻壳、造纸业纸浆污泥等）以及城市废弃物范畴（市政固体废物、园林绿化废弃物，以及污水处理厂产生的生物固体与污水）。数据库包含易用性较强的多项参数信息，包括工业分析（proximate analysis）、元素分析（ultimate analysis）、热值（calorific value），以及矿物质的化学组成，可协助项目申办方推断拟建处理设施的潜在产能与年产量。本数据库后续将随着更多数据的获取持续更新并扩充。