Hearth and Home Technologies Expedition-I Manual page 68

Run 1.xlsm
– Weight of test fuel crib, excluding nails and spacers, dry basis, kg
M
Cdb
ASTM E2780 equation (2)
= Σ[(M
M )(100/(100 + FM
Cdb CPnwb
Where,
M
= weight of each test fuel piece n in fuel crib, excluding nails and spacers, wet basis, kg
CPnwb
FM
= Average fuel moisture of test fuel n in fuel crib, % dry basis
CPn
Sample Calculation (test fuel piece 1):
MC = 1.81
Pnwb
FM = 19.2
CPn
= 1.8 (100/(100+ 19.2 )
= 1.5 lbs
Total dry crib weight, excluding spacers =
PFS-TECO
))]
CPn
6.11 lbs
M
= 2.77 kg
Cdb
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