However there are not many reference available to know which type of biomass briquettes raw materials and its energy values.
Here in the table below we listed most common raw materials that are being used for producing the biomass briquettes. In the table also list of its energy in caloric, which is energy or fuel that the raw materials could produced.
Readers who have more information to share about biomass briquettes please do not hesitate to contact and to add more in the list. It is very useful information for people contributing for green energy production.
(1 kCal = 3.96 BTU)
|
Type of Material |
Ash (%) |
Heat of Combustion Kcal |
| Peat |
29.0 |
3180 |
| Charcoal |
4.5 |
7213 |
| Bagasse |
1.80 |
4380 |
| Coir Pitch |
9.10 |
4146 |
| Sugarcane |
10.00 |
3996 |
| Jute Waste |
3.00 |
4428 |
| Palm Husk |
4.90 |
3900 |
| Tea Waste |
3.80 |
4237 |
| Barks Wood |
4.40 |
1270 |
| Wood Chips |
1.20 |
4785 |
| Paddy Straw |
15.50 |
3469 |
| Wheat Straw |
8.00 |
4100 |
| Mustard Stalk |
3.40 |
4200 |
| Mustard Shell |
3.70 |
4300 |
| Bamboo Dust |
8.00 |
4160 |
| Forestry Waste |
7.00 |
3000 |
| Babool [Wood] |
0.90 |
4707 |
| Tobacco Waste |
31.50 |
2910 |
| Sunflower Stalk |
4.30 |
4300 |
| Soya bean Husk |
4.10 |
4170 |
| Groundnut shells |
2.4 |
4626 |
| Briquettes of bark |
3.4 |
4487 |
| Coffee waste No.1 |
2.0 |
4371 |
| Coffee waste No. 2 |
5.0 |
4434 |
| Coffee waste No. 3 |
1.7 |
4438 |
| Briquettes of chips |
3.0 |
4800 |
| Briquettes of paper |
1.5 |
4841 |
| Castor Seed Shells |
8.00 |
3862 |
| Saw Dust Briquettes |
8.20 |
3898 |
| Cotton Stalks / Chips |
3.00 |
4252 |
| Briquettes of papyrus |
5.6 |
3965 |
| Briquettes of sawdust |
0.7 |
4654 |
| Briquettes of rice husk |
15.0 |
3881 |
| Briquettes of bark and binder |
4.8 |
4459 |
| Briquettes of groundnut shells |
2.8 |
4661 |
| Briquettes of straw and coal dust |
6.1 |
4826 |
| Briquettes of clean chopped straw |
5.3 |
4403 |
| Straw + coal dust + rape seed waste |
3.8 |
4100 |
| Briquettes of shells from palm oil kernels |
2.0 |
4985 |