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类澳大利亚生物质（biomass）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（thermochemical technologies）中的应用。该数据库收录的生物质来源涵盖四大领域：农业领域（小麦秸秆、棉花残秆、甘蔗残秆、鸡粪等）；林业领域（主要为各类林业作业产生的木质废弃物，其中包含部分经废水灌溉林区所产出的物料）；工业加工环节（木材残余物、木材加工厂锯末、制糖业蔗渣、稻米产业稻壳、造纸业造纸污泥等）；以及城市废弃物领域（城市生活垃圾、园林绿化废弃物，以及污水处理厂产出的生物固体与污水）。数据库内置操作便捷的基础参数信息，包括工业分析（proximate analysis）、元素分析（ultimate analysis）、热值（calorific value），以及矿物质组分的化学组成，可协助项目推进方对拟建装置的产能与年产量进行科学预判。本数据库将随着新增数据的持续获取，适时进行更新与扩容。