<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The study aims to measure the wood chips flow during the briquetting process by the X-ray image analysis. Scots pine (<italic>Pinus sylvestris</italic> L.) constituted the used feedstock that has been previously divided, according to the standard, into four (>1.0; 1.1-4.0; 4.1-8.0; 8.1-16.0 mm) groups of fraction. Examination of the X-ray image allows description of the movement of the wood fractions flow after the briquetting process. The correlations between the vertical axis and scattering plane factors were estimated. The correlation coefficient was 0.973 and was almost complete. The calculations were made for the areas of deviations (SD) and the area of scattering planes (DPS). Particular flow irregularities were determined for deviations ranges of individual groups of fractions and were (>1.0)=3.04; (1.1-4.0)=4.08; (4.1-8.0)=6.33 and (8.1-16.0)=7.33 cm2, and for scattering planes they were accordingly e (>1.0)=0.32; (1.1-4.0)=0.72; (4.1-8.0)=0.97 and (8.1-16.0)=1.29 cm2.</abstract>

The study aims to measure the wood chips flow during the briquetting process by the X-ray image analysis. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) constituted the used feedstock that has been previously divided, according to the standard, into four (>1.0; 1.1-4.0; 4.1-8.0; 8.1-16.0 mm) groups of fraction. Examination of the X-ray image allows description of the movement of the wood fractions flow after the briquetting process. The correlations between the vertical axis and scattering plane factors were estimated. The correlation coefficient was 0.973 and was almost complete. The calculations were made for the areas of deviations (SD) and the area of scattering planes (DPS). Particular flow irregularities were determined for deviations ranges of individual groups of fractions and were (>1.0)=3.04; (1.1-4.0)=4.08; (4.1-8.0)=6.33 and (8.1-16.0)=7.33 cm2, and for scattering planes they were accordingly e (>1.0)=0.32; (1.1-4.0)=0.72; (4.1-8.0)=0.97 and (8.1-16.0)=1.29 cm2.

X-ray Analysis of Biomass Wood Briquette Structure

Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Warsaw

Department of Agricultural and Forest Machinery, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Agricultural Engineering

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The study aims to measure the wood chips flow during the briquetting process by the X-ray image analysis. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) constituted the used...

X-ray Analysis of Biomass Wood Briquette Structure

Published Online: Jun 18, 2016

Page range: 147 - 154

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Jan 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0015

Keywords
briquetting, wood chips, biomass flow, X-ray radiation

© 2016 Kamil Krzysztof Roman et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

X-ray Analysis of Biomass Wood Briquette Structure

Published Online: Jun 18, 2016

Page range: 147 - 154

Received: Nov 01, 2015

Accepted: Jan 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0015

Keywordsbriquetting, wood chips, biomass flow, X-ray radiation

© 2016 Kamil Krzysztof Roman et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
briquetting, wood chips, biomass flow, X-ray radiation