Nuts, Pits and Shells

fuelsc8.xls

Fuel	Almond		Almond		Pistachio		Walnut		Walnut		Olive		Prune
Type	Shells		Hulls		Shells		Blows		Hulls and Blows		Pits		Pits
	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry	As Rec'd	Dry
Proximate Analysis
Fixed Carbon	19.28	20.71	18.76	20.07	15.67	16.95	12.87	16.82	9.11	17.47	15.29	16.28	11.82	17.80
Volatile Matter	70.73	76.00	68.99	73.80	75.49	81.64	61.83	80.82	41.50	79.58	77.01	82.00	53.65	80.79
Ash	3.06	3.29	5.73	6.13	1.30	1.41	1.81	2.36	1.54	2.95	1.62	1.72	0.94	1.41
Moisture	6.93	--	6.52	--	7.54	--	23.49	--	47.85	--	6.08	--	33.59	--
TOTAL	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Ultimate Analysis
Carbon	45.88	49.3	44.43	47.53	46.42	50.20	41.05	53.65	27.90	53.51	49.59	52.80	32.71	49.26
Hydrogen	5.55	5.97	5.58	5.97	5.84	6.32	4.97	6.5	3.40	6.52	6.28	6.69	4.38	6.59
Oxygen	37.83	40.64	36.62	39.18	38.06	41.16	27.58	36.05	18.45	35.38	35.96	38.29	27.77	41.83
Nitrogen	0.71	0.76	1.06	1.13	0.64	0.69	1.02	1.34	0.80	1.53	0.42	0.45	0.56	0.84
Sulfur	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.20	0.22	0.08	0.1	0.06	0.11	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.07
Ash	3.06	3.29	5.73	6.13	1.30	1.41	1.81	2.36	1.54	2.95	1.62	1.72	0.94	1.41
Moisture	6.93	--	6.52	--	7.54	--	23.49	--	47.85	--	6.08	--	33.59	--
TOTAL	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
HHV, Btu/lb	7,797	8,378	7,590	8,119	8,469	7,831	7,345	9,600	4,976	9,541	8,718	9,282	5,737	8,638
Chlorine %	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	0.02	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.04	<0.01	<0.01
Water Soluble Alkalis %
Na2O
K2O
CaO
Elemental Composition
SiO2		8.71		9.28		8.22		5.18		6.88		30.82		3.00
Al2O3		2.72		2.09		2.17		1.82		2.42		8.84		0.09
TiO2		0.09		0.05		0.20		0.09		0.09		0.34		0.02
Fe2O3		2.30		0.76		35.37		0.85		1.14		6.58		0.57
CaO		10.50		8.07		10.01		22.32		16.62		14.66		12.25
MgO		3.19		3.31		3.26		11.58		13.45		4.24		9.72
Na2O		1.60		0.87		4.50		0.74		0.99		27.80		0.39
K2O		48.70		52.90		18.20		28		32.90		4.40		37.50
SO3		0.88		0.34		3.79		1.88		2.25		0.56		2.07
P2O5		4.46		5.10		11.80		8.3		6.24		2.46		16.80
CO2/other		17.38		20.12
Undetermined		-0.53		-2.89		2.48		19.24		17.02		-0.70		17.59
TOTAL		100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00
Alkali, Lb/MMBtu		1.98		4.06		0.41		0.71		1.05		0.60		0.62

Last Updated: 2/27/96

Analyst/Contact: Tom Miles, Jr.