Combustion, biomass standards

Imagine a hypothetical process where biomass is transformed to CO and H2, by partial combustion. Assume that biomass is denoted by (CH20), and use the standard exergy value of 480kJ/mol for biomass. Assume that the standard exergy of C02 is 20, CO is 275, and H2 is 236 kj/mol. Assume that the dominant set of reactions can be simplified to... 

The enthalpies of formation of biomass are quite useful for thermodynamic calculations. The heats of specific reactions that utilize biomass feedstocks can be estimated from the standard enthalpies of formation at 298 K of the combustion products (in kcal/g-mol CO, -94.05 liquid H O, —68.37 NO2, 8.09 SO2, —70.95), the elemental analyses of the biomass being examined, and its HHV. The enthalpy of formation of a particular biomass sample is equal to the sum of the heats of formation of the products of combustion... 

Table 17 Average enthalpy of combustion, modified enthalpy of combustion and oxycaloric quotient of biomass. The standard deviation for each group is indicated in parenthesis [38],...

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