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Safflower

ID 2
Latin name Carthamus tinctorius
Type of plant oil plant
Part of plant chaff
Fuel form loose sprinkled
Location of origin VÚP Troubsko
Note ND

Basic Properties

Raw Dry Flamable
Moisture (%w) 5.49 NaN NaN
Dry Matter Content (%w) 94.51 NaN NaN
Ash content (%w) 2.69 2.97 NaN
Volatile matter(%w) 79.15 78.85 81.26
Flamable Matter (%w) 91.82 97.03 100.00
HHV Milne (MJ/kg) 20.28 21.46 22.11
Net calorific value (LHV) (MJ/kg) 21.10 22.32 31.03
Gross calorific value (HHV) (MJ/kg) 22.68 23.99 24.73

ND = Not measured
NaN = Not measurable

Element (%w) Raw Dry Flamable
C 50.82 53.71 55.35
H 6.58 6.95 7.16
O 32.74 34.60 35.65
N 1.67 1.77 1.82
S 0.01 0.01 0.01
C/O 1.55 1.55 1.55
C/H 7.73 7.73 7.73

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