Mechanical Properties of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) Biomass

Authors

  • Andris Kronbergs Latvia University of Agriculture
  • Elgars Širaks Latvia University of Agriculture
  • Aleksandrs Adamovičs Latvia University of Agriculture
  • Ēriks Kronbergs Latvia University of Agriculture

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2011vol1.901

Keywords:

energy crops, hemp, mechanical properties

Abstract

In Latvia approximately of 14.6% of unfarmed agricultural land can be used for herbaceous energy crop growing. Herbaceous energy crops would be as the main basis for solid biofuel production in agricultural ecosystem in future. Herbaceous energy crops as hemp (Cannabis sativa) are grown in recent years and can be used for solid biofuel production. Experimentally stated hemp stalk material ultimate tensile strength the medium value is 85 ± 9 N mm-2. The main conditioning operation before preparation of herbaceous biomass compositions for solid biofuel production is shredding. Therefore hemp stalks were used for cutting experiments. Cutting using different types of knives mechanisms had been investigated. Specific shear cutting energy for hemp samples were within 0.02 – 0.04 J mm-2. Hemp stalk material density was determined using AutoCAD software for cross-section area calculation. Density values are 325 ± 18 kg m-3 for hemp stalks. Specific cutting energy per mass unit was calculated on basis of experimentally estimated values of cutting energy and density.

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Published

2015-08-05

How to Cite

[1]
A. Kronbergs, E. Širaks, A. Adamovičs, and Ēriks Kronbergs, “Mechanical Properties of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) Biomass”, ETR, vol. 1, pp. 184–190, Aug. 2015, doi: 10.17770/etr2011vol1.901.