Moisture Sorption Characteristics of Corn Stover and Big Bluestem

Table 3

EMC (% db) of different feedstocks and pellets found in literature.

Feedstocks	Temperature, °C
	15			25			35
	ERH
	0.35	0.75	0.90	0.35	0.75	0.90	0.35	0.75	0.90	References
Wheat straw	8.0	14.5	28.5	7.5	14.0	27.0	7.0	11.5	24.0	Duggal and Muir, 1981 [30]
Red clover leaves				5.8	9.9	12.9	5.3	8.7	10.9	Stencl and Homola, 2000 [43]
Red clover stems				13.6	17.0	21.2	11.7	15.6	18.3	Stencl and Homola, 2000 [43]
Flax straw	9.5	15.0	25.5	9.0	14.5	24.0				Nilsson et al., 2005 [12]
Hemp stalk	9.0	14.5	22.5	7.0	13.0	21.0				Nilsson et al., 2005 [12]
Reed canary grass	10.0	15.0	22.0	7.0	13.5	20.0				Nilsson et al., 2005 [12]
Amaranth stem	9.9	16.2	25.8	8.5	13.7	22.8				Stencl et al., 2010 [33]
Corn leaves				7.5	15.0	28.1	5.7	12.7	22.7	Igathinathane et al., 2005 [31]
Corn stalk skin				6.5	15.1	27.0	5.4	13.5	20.7	Igathinathane et al., 2005 [31]
Corn stalk pith				5.8	13.1	37.6	3.6	10.9	24.0	Igathinathane et al., 2005 [31]
Corn stalk				6.4	14.6	29.8	4.9	12.8	21.6	Igathinathane et al., 2005 [31]
Miscanthus leaves				9.0	18.0	31.0				Arabhosseini et al., 2010 [7]
Miscanthus stem				8.5	16.5	30.0				Arabhosseini et al., 2010 [7]
Natural fibres
Flax fibre	5.0	10.0	15.0	4.0	9.0	14.0				Hill et al., 2009; 2010 [44, 45]; Xie et al., 2011a [46]
Jute fibre				6.0–6.5	12.0–13.5	18-19				Hill et al., 2009 [44]; Xie et al., 2011a [46]
Hemp fibre				5.0	11.5	18.3				Xie et al., 2011a [46]
Sisal fibre				5.5	12.0	18.8				Xie et al., 2011a [46]
Wood
Sapwood of Scots Pine				5.5–7.5	12.5–15.0	18.0–20.2				Xie et al., 2010; 2011b [47, 48]
Maple wood*				6.2	12.5	18.0				Papadopoulos, 2005 [49]
Elm wood				6.0	12.0	17.5				Papadopoulos, 2005 [49]
Balsa wood*				5.5	12.0	19.0				Wimmer and Schmid, 2010 [50]
Sapwood/softwood*				6.5–7.0	13.0–13.5	17.0–18.0				Papadopoulos and Hill, 2003 [51]; Mantanis and Papadopoulos, 2010 [52]
Pellets from
Switchgrass				7.5	11.5	15.0				Colley et al., 2007 [34]
Peanut hull				9.0	14.0	22.5				Fasina, 2008 [36]
Corn stover				9.5	14.0	20.5				Theerarattananoon et al., 2011 [37]
Wheat straw				9.5	13.0	20.0				Theerarattananoon et al., 2011 [37]
Big bluestem				9.8	14.0	20.0				Theerarattananoon et al., 2011 [37]
Sorghum stalk				10.0	15.0	21.0				Theerarattananoon et al., 2011 [37]

Values were extracted either from table or figure from respective references.
*At 20°C.