Life Cycle Costs and Life Cycle Assessment for the Harvesting, Conversion, and the Use of Switchgrass to Produce Electricity

Table 12

Specification on wt% of pyrolysis liquid component (to be able to use as fuel in boilers, engines, and turbines) [45].

Component	Specification to be met	Pyrolysis oil from reference switchgrass [15]
Water	<27 wt%	23 wt%
Total solids	<0.01 wt%	0.01 wt%*
Inorganics	<0.01 wt%	0.01 wt%*

 *Ash content.