Solid biofuels — Determination of moisture content — Part 1: Reference method

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CSA ISO 18134-1
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
27.190
75.160.10
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

This part of ISO 18134 describes the method of determining the total moisture content of a test sample of solid biofuels by drying in an oven and may be used when high precision of the determination of moisture content is necessary. The method described in this International Standard is applicable to all solid biofuels. The moisture content of solid biofuels (as received) is always reported based on the total mass of the test sample (wet basis).

 

NOTE The term moisture content, when used with biomass materials, can be misleading since untreated biomass frequently contains varying amounts of volatile compounds (extractives) which might evaporate when determining moisture content by oven drying (see References [2] and [3]).

Project need:

To align Canadian requirements with those of international standards in the solid biofuel subject area (adoption of the new edition of standard). This proposed New Edition is being developed at the request of stakeholders. It will provide the industry with determination of moisture content of solid biofuels. This will meet the strategic needs of the following key interest: - ensuring that the latest innovative/technology/safety features are available for users,

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