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及能源特性数据库，以支撑其在各类热化学技术中的应用。本数据库包含的生物质与废弃物来源涵盖农业（麦秆、棉花残茬、甘蔗残茬、鸡粪等）、林业（多为不同林业作业产生的木质废弃物，包含部分经废水灌溉的林地产出的物料）、工业加工（木材加工剩余物、锯木厂木屑、制糖业蔗渣、稻米加工业稻壳、造纸业纸泥等）以及城市废弃物（市政固体废物、园林绿化废弃物、污水处理厂产生的生物固体与污水）。数据库内置操作简便的各类参数信息，包括工业分析（proximate analysis）、元素分析（ultimate analysis）、热值（calorific value）以及矿物组分化学成分，可助力项目方研判潜在的电厂装机容量与年产量。本数据库将随更多数据的持续积累不断更新与扩容。