The average latent heat of evaporation of water is 2.3 MJ/kg at 25oC-160oC. The heating value of a biomass material is 17 MJ/kg on a dry basis. If the moisture content of the biomass is 50% on a wet basis, what percentage of the total energy stored in the biomass is required to remove all water in the biomass during gasification

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Jeffrey Maddox

25 June, 08:06

The average latent heat of evaporation of water is 2.3 MJ/kg at 25oC-160oC. The heating value of a biomass material is 17 MJ/kg on a dry basis. If the moisture content of the biomass is 50% on a wet basis, what percentage of the total energy stored in the biomass is required to remove all water in the biomass during gasification

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Arden · Answer 1

Firstly the wet basis and dry basis are not the same. The wet basis involves measuments taken with consideration of the amount of moisture contained in a sample while in dry basis there is absence of water.