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Common sunflower

ID 15
Latin name Helianthus annus
Type of plant oil plant
Part of plant seed and chaff
Fuel form pellet 8″
Location of origin ND
Note pelety po lisu

Basic Properties

Raw Dry Flamable
Moisture (%w) 6.09 NaN NaN
Dry Matter Content (%w) 93.91 NaN NaN
Ash content (%w) 5.67 6.04 NaN
Volatile matter(%w) 75.73 80.64 85.82
Flamable Matter (%w) 88.24 93.96 100.00
HHV Milne (MJ/kg) 21.57 22.97 24.45
Net calorific value (LHV) (MJ/kg) 20.57 21.90 30.60
Gross calorific value (HHV) (MJ/kg) 22.32 23.77 25.29

ND = Not measured
NaN = Not measurable

Element (%w) Raw Dry Flamable
C 50.85 54.15 57.63
H 7.29 7.77 8.26
O 26.22 27.92 29.72
N 3.67 3.90 4.16
S 0.20 0.22 0.23
C/O 1.94 1.94 1.94
C/H 6.97 6.97 6.98

Citation: Fuels database „Palivovelisty.cz“, https://palivovelisty.cz/, Brno University of Technology, Energy Institute