Thanks a lot Bruno. Cheers
Sarbagya On 10/06/2013, at 4:39 AM, Bruno M. wrote: > Elaeocarpus serratus is a tree specie not much used as (construction-)wood, > while you may find it hard to Google the wanted values, > maybe you could look for calorific values of its more common name like > 'Ceylon Olive'. > > But in general all wood ( when dry ) has all about > the same heating value when burned, if, IF you compare them per kilo ( aka > calorific value per mass). > > While 1 m3 of balsa wood will generate less calories then 1 m3 of oak, both > will have about the > same calorific value if you compare 1 kilo of the first against 1 kilo of the > second. > e.g. in http://www.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/HC270799/RWEDP/acrobat/fd45.pdf > page 40 contains a little comparison list titled: "energy content of one ton > of fuelwood is equal to:" > for wood in general it gives: 14,235 MegaJoule */ ton > * = Average figure. Fresh cut wet wood 10,900 MJ/ton; air dry in humid zone > 15,500 MJ/ton; > oven- dry 20,000 MJ/ton. See also Harper et al (1982) > > You wood species is very light weight : > http://www.fao.org/docrep/w4095e/w4095e0c.htm > tells you the density of Elaeocarpus serratus is 0,40 g/ml = ( kg/L or > ton/m3) > So Elaeocarpus serratus will have a low heating value by volume compared to > most other wood species. > > Hope it helped a bit. > Bruno M. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Op 1-6-2013 8:51, Sarbagya R. Tuladhar schreef: >> Hi Stovers, >> >> Is there any place I can find a comprehensive list of the calorific values >> of wood ? I have been trying to find the calorific value for Elaeocarpus >> serratus but without success. >> >> Cheers >> >> Sarbagya Tuladhar >> _______________________________________________ >> Stoves mailing list >> >> ============================================================ > > _______________________________________________ > 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/ > _______________________________________________ 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
