Intertek assists producers and distributors of solid fuels and biofuels with the testing of chemical composition, trade quality and legal regulations conformity. Our expertise can secure your company a market advantage - from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources
Among others, we offer quality assurance for the following solid fuels: wood fuels (pellets, chips, briquettes), various biomass, coal (e.g., charcoal), petroleum coke, etc.
A selection of the tested properties:
- Moisture and ash content
- High and low heating values (calorific value)
- Elemental analysis CHNSO (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen content)
- Ash melting behaviour
- EOX content (extractable organic halogen)
- Trace elements (toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, chromium, copper, zinc; other elements like chlorine, sodium, potassium, etc.)
- Bulk density
- Sieve analysis; fines
- Diameter, length
- Mechanical durability
- Hardgrove-Index
Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Solid Fuels and Biofuels.