Moisture content in wood fuel is calculated as the percentage difference between the wet weight of the wood and the dry weight of the wood. If the percentage is calculated relative to the wet weight, it is called the wet basis moisture content.

Moisture Content

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Dry Basis

Basics on Combustion: Concepts and Calculations

Submitted by Tom Miles on 27 November 2006 - 9:44pm

Basics on Combustion: Concepts and Calculations
Kanchan Rai, Nepal July 2004

Prepared By: Kanchan Rai. Email: 052494@student.hit.no

Here is my effort to share my knowledge on
combustion theories. Online calculation is available for each topic (you can input data only on white cell and click calculate) Need flash player to do the online calculations.
Click here to download the flash player

Fuels:

Authors:

Design:

Performance:

Stoichiometric Analysis

Combustion Air

Draft

Adiabatic Flame Temperature

Dew Point Temperature

Taxonomy upgrade extras:

Nepal

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