GCV CALULATION

Ultimate Analysis
Constituent

Unit

juliflora

10MW TARA POWER

Biomass
Sugar cane
Soya bean Cotton stalk Gram stalk
trash
76.67
77.59
76.47
75.33

Baggase

Carbon (C)
Hydrogen(H 2)

77.56

6.65

6.55

6.46

6.6

6.58

6.91

Nitrogen(N 2)

0.4

0.4

0.43

0.39

0.38

0.33

Sulphur(S)
Oxygen(O 2)

0.032

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.05

5.56

4.28

3.87

3.97

3.63

4.1

Moisture

6.62

7.93

7.35

7.29

6.68

7.33

Ash

Total

3.178
100.00

4.15
100.00

4.29
100.00

5.27
100.00

7.35
100.00

3.67
100.00

Gross Calorific
Value

77.61

kJ/kg

34793.45

34577.91

34832.15

34637.19

34287.98

35449.22

Kcal/Kg

8311.9

8260.4

8321.1

8274.5

8191.1

8468.5

Dulong's
Formula
For Example: Gram Stalk

=33800 x C + 144000x (H2 - O2 / 8) + 9270 x S

=33800*0.7647+144000*(0.066-0.0397/8)+9270*0.0001
34637.19
8274.53

Kj/Kg
Kcal/Kg