Effect of Metal Chlorides on the Pyrolysis of Wheat Straw

Table 1

Wheat straw composition according to the literature and experimental data.

Parameter	Experimental results	Literature data
		[34]	[35]	[36]	[37]
Moisture content (wt.%)	7.2 ± 0.1	—	—	10.23	8.30
Ash content (wt.%)	4.7 ± 0.1	12.78	8.0	6.99	4.77
Calorific value (MJ/kg)	18.04 ± 0.01	17.10	—	17.38	17.73
Extractives (wt.%)	4.5 ± 0.1	—	5.4	—	—
Hemicelluloses (wt.%)	41.1 ± 0.1	—	23.60	—	26.30
Cellulose (wt.%)	31.6 ± 0.1	—	32.30	—	45.2
Lignin (wt.%)	9.8 ± 0.1	—	17.10	—	10.90
Elemental composition (wt.%)
C	41.6 ± 0.1	42.49	—	45.48	47.12
H	4.8 ± 0.1	5.12	—	6.12	5.78
N	0.6 ± 0.1	0.68	—	0.52	0.47
O	39.7 ± 0.1	36.52	—	39.96	40.20
S	0.2 ± 0.05	0.39	—	0.13	0.19