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澳大利亚多种生物质与废弃物的燃料及能源特性数据库，为其在各类热化学转化技术中的应用提供支撑。
该数据库收录的物料来源涵盖四大类：农业源生物质（小麦秸秆、棉花残秆、甘蔗残梢、鸡粪等）、林业源物料（主要为各类林业作业产生的木质废弃物，其中部分林木采用废水灌溉培育）、工业加工源物料（木材残渣、木材厂锯屑、制糖业蔗渣、稻米产业稻壳、造纸业造纸污泥等）以及城市废弃物（市政生活垃圾、绿化废弃物，以及污水处理厂产生的生物固体与污水）。
数据库包含便于查阅使用的各类特性参数，包括工业分析（proximate analysis）、元素分析（ultimate analysis）、热值（calorific value）以及矿物质化学组成，可协助项目实施方研判合理的装置规模与年度产能。
本数据库将随着更多数据的持续积累，逐步进行更新与扩充。