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Fuel Tested
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Municipal Solid Waste as Source of Renewable Energy
Municipal solid waste is used in several energy-intensive industries as an alternative fuel. Biomass fraction of MSW is determined using ASTM D6866. Beta Analytic continues to provide ASTM D6866 testing to MSW ...
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Generating Energy from Sewage Sludge
Sewage sludge is treated to make it safe for agricultural application. Treated sewage sludge produces nutrient-rich biosolids, which are principally used as soil fertilizer. Biosolids and the dried untreated form of sewage sludge are also used as alternative fuels. They are usually co-fired with other fuels like coal, municipal solid waste, wood waste, and agricultural waste. Not all sewage sludge, however, can be incinerated to produce energy. The water ...
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Stack Gas Carbon Dioxide and its Biogenic Fraction
ASTM D6866 is a standard method employing radiocarbon dating techniques to determine the percentage of “recently fixed carbon” (biogenic fraction) versus “old carbon” (non-biogenic fraction from fossil sources) present in a solid fuel or its stack gas emission. Materials in fuels (municipal solid waste, used tires, sewage sludge, refuse-derived fuels, etc.) with recently fixed carbon include those that are biomass like wood, paper, ...