Biomass Report in Thailand

Feedstock from cassava waste (rhizome)

Collection or rhizome

Transportation

Dried chips

Drying

Unload at power plant

Chipping

Cassava production and its utilization in Thailand

Appropriate

Appropriate & Potential Application 

for Biomass in Thailand

Harvesting area (1,000 rai)

Plants

2006

2007

2008

Product ( Tons)

2006

2007

Productivity (kg/rai)

2008

Rice(in season) 57,773,844 57,541,825 57,421,68923,539,18622,839,69523,387,417

9,902,785 10,074,148 9,529,440 6,752,684 6,802,176 6,514,759

Rice

6,692,537 7,338,809 7,398,70222,584,40226,915,54127,973,748

Cassava

Sugar cane 6,380,758 6,589,856 6,708,88950,407,91767,189,67072,881,551

2,374,202 2,686,953 2,899,622 6,715,036 7,163,668 7,873,415

Palm oil

Source: Office of Agricultural Economics

2006

2007

407

397

682

675

3,375 3,668

7,900 10,196

2,828 2,666

2008

407

684

3,781

10,863

2,715

Potential

Potential of biomass fuel

Residue 

Crop

coefficient Production Residue

Production

MillionTons

MillionTons/year

Biomass

Rice

Sugar

Cane

Cassava

Palm Oil

Residu

e

Straw

MillionTons/ye

Ratio at

ar

Non

Used

Production

Non Used 

MillionTons/year

22.20‐22.65 0.4

8.88‐9.06

11.59‐16.74 0.5

5.79‐8.37

29.6‐ 30.2

30

50.4‐72.8 leave

0.75

0.23

22.5‐27.9 rhizom

0.1

2.25‐2.79

1

2.25‐2.79

0.2

1.00‐1.48

0 .8

0.80‐1.18

0.38

1.90‐2.81

1

1.90‐2.81

5.0‐7.4

e

Empty

fruit

bunch

Branch

Proximate analyses

Proximate

Proximate Value

Biomass

Moisture Volatile

Ash

Content Matter (%) Content

(%)

(%)

(%)

High

Fixed Heating

Carbon Value,

HHV

(%)

(kJ/kg)

12.24

17,844

straw

5.91

77.09

4.76

Sugar cane trash

5.67

81.38

4.38

8.57

19,881

Cassava rhizome

4.66

80.00

2.73

13.00

14,591

Empty fruit bunch

13.06

79.66

3.21

4.07

20,938

Palm Branch

1.62

76.00

4.72

18.00

17,839...