CHARACTERIZATION OF INDIGENOUS BIOMASS
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 50
Abstract
The characteristic proximate analysis of the paddy straw, sugarcane bagasse, sorghum bagasse and pearl millet straw was carried out in this paper. The properties of biomass like moisture content, ash content, volatile matter, bulk density, lignin, hemicelluloses, cellulose, sugars, and fixed carbon were determined as per standard ASTM methods. Cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin are the three primary components in biomass. For the analysis of cellulose, hemicelluloses lignin and sugars extractives were prepared with finely powdered biomass sample with particle size of 600µm and below with moisture below 10%. The other properties were analyzed using dried and powered biomass samples. The biomass characterization is a mandate for the selection of the most viable biomass for bioconversion processes and biofuels. The calorific value and energy densities of biomass were found in which sugarcane bagasse had maximum calorific value of 18.3MJ/kg
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C. VIJAYANAND
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