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Energetic characterization of forest biomass by calorimetry and thermal analysis

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The rational and sustainable exploitation of natural resources is one the priority objectives of our consumer society as an unavoidable strategy for survival. In previous articles, research group TERBIPROMAT has established the bases for the elaboration of energy maps of forest biomass. With those data, it is possible to classify the species in terms of their energy content and of their possible application as biofuels following European Norm CEN/TS 14961/2005 on solid biofuels. Main forest species used in this study were Populus and Paulownia. These species have a fast growth and produce big amounts of energetic biomass. To complete this study a comparison with autochthonous forest species, Eucalyptus and Pinus, was made. In this study, a thermogravimetric analysis is employed to qualitative study the resistance to thermal degradation of different forest species. These studies complete those made through static bomb calorimetry, elemental analysis, and different mechanical tests trying to get relationships between thermal behaviour and some physical properties.

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  1. Campus of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    María Villanueva, Jorge Proupín, José A. Rodríguez-Añón & L. Fraga-Grueiro

  2. Escola Politécnica Superior, Campus of Lugo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Josefa Salgado & Nieves Barros

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Villanueva, M., Proupín, J., Rodríguez-Añón, J.A. et al. Energetic characterization of forest biomass by calorimetry and thermal analysis. J Therm Anal Calorim 104, 61–67 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-1177-y

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