900C will vaporize about 25% to 30% of the K and Na. That will reduce your ash fraction. Measuring CO2 in the ash will account for the carbonates.
T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc. [email protected] Sent from mobile. On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:32 PM, "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > > > RWL: The ASTM testing talks about 950 C - and probably because little > > is happening even at 900 C. > > In Ulaanbaatar as in much of the coal industry ash determination is made by > all the labs at 830 C in the presence of air, volatiles having been > determined at 420 or so. There is still come carbonates in the ash. > > Prof Lodoysamba has constructed a few machines about the size of a CPU that > can measure the ash content, directly by nuclear methods, of a sample in a > few seconds without burning it. You can have one for $10k and a nuclear > licence. > > Regards > > Crispin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ >
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