Selected Design Data Tables - Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction - page 492

TABLE C 10 Thermal Conductivity of Some Biomass Species

Thermal
Conductivity
(W/m K)

Apparent
Density (kg/m 3 )

Temperature
(K) References

Softwood (balsam
fir, white spruce,
and black spruce)

360 0.0986 0.1114 310 341 Gupta et al.

(2003)

Douglas fir 512 0.110 Dinwoodie

et al. (1989)

Norway spruce 350 0.100 Dinwoodie

et al. (1989)

Fir 540 0.138 Kanury

Murty
(1970)

Hardwood birch 680 0.214 0.250 295 373 Suleiman

et al. (1999)