Source composition | Lime-treated wheat straw solid fraction (experimental) | Lime-treated wheat straw solid fraction (corrected for 85% calcium recycle) | Wheat straw original feedstock (harvest 2003) | Wood (untreated, average)[28] | |
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Fluidized bed combustion agglomeration indicators a | |||||
Sinter-induced b | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(1) Na + K/2S + Cl more than 1 | Â | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
(2) (Na + K + Si)/(Ca + P + Mg) more than 2 | Â | 0.8 | 3 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
Smelt-induced c | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
(3a) K + Na/Si more than 0.6 | Â | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
(3b) K + Na more than 1 g/kg | Â | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2.3 |
(3c) Si more than 1.5 g/kg | Â | 40 | 44 | 28 | 0.9 |
(3d) K2O + Na2O + SiO2 more than 50% ash | Â | 34 | 52 | 68 | 30 |
Fluidized bed combustion fouling indicators (at 50% moisture content) a | |||||
3 Cl +S more than 1% weightar | Â | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Na + K + Zn more than 1% weightar | Â | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Dust fraction of ash more than 30% | Unknown | Unknown | Â | Unknown | |
Alkali/DOE indexd | kg/GJ HHVe | 0.3 | --- | 0.9 | 0.1 |