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Common sunflower

ID 36
Latin name Helianthus annus
Type of plant oil plant
Part of plant chaff
Fuel form pellet 6″
Location of origin Praha
Note ND

Basic Properties

Raw Dry Flamable
Moisture (%w) 9.31 NaN NaN
Dry Matter Content (%w) 90.69 NaN NaN
Ash content (%w) 3.00 3.31 NaN
Volatile matter(%w) 69.43 76.55 79.17
Flamable Matter (%w) 87.69 96.69 100.00
HHV Milne (MJ/kg) 17.38 19.16 19.82
Net calorific value (LHV) (MJ/kg) 18.14 20.00 26.74
Gross calorific value (HHV) (MJ/kg) 19.52 21.52 22.26

ND = Not measured
NaN = Not measurable

Element (%w) Raw Dry Flamable
C 47.21 52.06 53.84
H 5.24 5.78 5.98
O 34.44 37.97 39.27
N 0.76 0.84 0.87
S 0.04 0.05 0.05
C/O 1.37 1.37 1.37
C/H 9.01 9.01 9.00

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