Mass yield as guide parameter of the torrefaction process. An experimental study of the solid fuel properties referred to two types of biomass

Besides confirming the benefit of the torrefaction in enhancing the quality of the treated biomass, the use of the MY as synthetic parameter can be exploited to improve the torrefaction modeling schemes and to optimize the selection of the process working conditions. The proposed approach can therefore be useful to examine the relevant amount experimental data till now produced on this issue in view of exploiting and orienting their use towards real scale plant design.