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 Volume 10, Issue 5 (May 2023), Pages: 130-139

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 Original Research Paper

The effect of storage conditions on the characteristics of various types of biomass

 Author(s): 

 Tassanapoom Nimitpaitoon 1, 2, Boonrod Sajjakulnukit 1, 2, *, Punyaporn Prangbang 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand
 2Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment (CEE), Postgraduate Education and Research Development Office (PERDO), Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Bangkok, Thailand
 3Technology and Informatics Institute for Sustainability (TIIS), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Pathumthani, Thailand

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5393-2111

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.05.016

 Abstract:

In order to determine optimal conditions for maintaining biomass quality during storage, an analysis was conducted to investigate the changes in biomass characteristics in Bangkok, Thailand. The study focused on three types of biomass: Corncob, woodchip, and bagasse, which are valuable renewable energy resources in the region. Each type of biomass was divided into two separate piles: one covered with a plastic sheet and the other left uncovered. Over a storage period of seven months (February-September), various characteristics of the biomass piles were evaluated, including pile temperature, moisture content, ash content, heating value, and dry matter loss. The findings indicate that the utilization of plastic sheets significantly enhanced the quality of corncob and woodchip biomass. This improvement was attributed to reduced moisture content, leading to higher heating values, lower ash content, and decreased dry matter loss in the covered piles compared to the uncovered ones. However, such improvements were not observed in the case of bagasse, as its quality exhibited fluctuations throughout the study period.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Biomass storage, Fuel quality, Quality indicators

 Article History: Received 18 October 2022, Received in revised form 9 March 2023, Accepted 19 March 2023

 Acknowledgment 

We are grateful for the financial support received from the Petchra Pra Jom Klao Research Scholarship provided by the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). We would also like to express our gratitude to Mitr Phol Bio-Power (Dan Chang) Co. Ltd. for providing the bagasse used to carry out the experiment and MB Energy Co. Ltd. for the woodchips.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Nimitpaitoon T, Sajjakulnukit B, and Prangbang P (2023). The effect of storage conditions on the characteristics of various types of biomass. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(5): 103-139

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