Keywords
Agricultural residues, Biomass energy sources, Thermodynamic functions, Elemental analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Abstract
Determining the chemical structure and composition of biomass fuels using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) can provide fundamental knowledge of their structures that is useful in understanding and predicting their combustion behavior. Sunflower shells are an example of an agricultural residue (byproduct of food and feed production) of potential interest for biomass combustion. The XPS spectra of sunflower shells provide both its elemental composition and indications of its bonding. Traditional fuel analyses of this fuel are also provided. These include: ultimate analysis — the elemental composition of the overall fuel (C, H, N, S, and O); chlorine analysis — reported here as part of the ultimate analysis but formally a separate procedure; proximate analysis — the proximate composition of the fuel (moisture, fixed carbon, volatiles, and ash); heating value — the specific heat of combustion; ash chemistry analysis — an elemental analysis of the ash content, expressed as oxides (which does not imply that they occur as oxides in the fuel). These data are summarized with the XPS spectra.
Original Publication Citation
Surface Science Spectra 11, 119–126 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1116/11.20040805
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Jiang, Guilin; Husseini, Ghaleb A.; Baxter, Larry Lin; and Linford, Matthew R., "Analysis of Sunflower Shells by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy" (2005). Faculty Publications. 6717.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6717
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2005-12-30
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
Department
Chemical Engineering
Copyright Status
© 2005 American Vacuum Society.
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