CEN/TS 14774-1:2004

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2004
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Solid biofuels - Methods for determination of moisture content - Oven dry method - Part
1: Total moisture - Reference method
Feste Biobrennstoffe - Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Wassergehaltes - Verfahren der
Ofentrocknung - Teil 1: Gehalt an Gesamtwasser - Referenzverfahren
Biocombustibles solides - Méthodes de détermination de la teneur en humidité -
Méthode par séchage a l'étuve
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 14774-1:2004
ICS:
75.160.10 Trda goriva Solid fuels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 14774-1
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
August 2004
ICS 75.160.10
English version
Solid biofuels - Methods for determination of moisture content -
Oven dry method - Part 1: Total moisture - Reference method
Feste Biobrennstoffe - Verfahren zur Bestimmung des
Wassergehaltes - Verfahren der Ofentrocknung - Teil 1:
Gehalt an Gesamtwasser - Referenzverfahren
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Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Principle.5
5 Apparatus .5
6 Sample preparation .6
7 Procedure .6
8 Calculation.7
9 Precision.8
10 Test report .8

Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 14774-1:2004) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 335 “Solid
Biofuels”, the secretariat of which is held by SIS.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this CEN Technical Specification : Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and United Kingdom.
Introduction
CEN/TS 14774 consists of the following parts under the general title Solid Biofuels – Methods for the
determination of moisture content – Oven dry methods.
Part 1 Total moisture – Reference method
Part 2 Total moisture – Simplified method
Part 3 Moisture in general analysis sample
1 Scope
This document describes the method of determining the total moisture content of a sample of solid biofuels by
drying in an oven and should be used when high precision of the determination of moisture content is
necessary. The method described in this document is applicable to all solid biofuels.
The total moisture content of biofuels is not an absolute value and conditions for its determination have to be
standardised to enable comparative determinations to be made.
NOTE The term moisture content when used with biomass materials can be misleading since untreated biomass
frequently contains varying amounts of volatile compounds (extractives) which may evaporate when determining moisture
content by oven drying.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TS 14588:2003, Solid Biofuels – Terminology, definitions and description
prCEN/TS 14778, Solid Biofuels - Methods of sampling
prCEN/TS 14779, Solid Biofuels – Methods for preparing sampling plans and sampling certificates
prCEN/TS 14780, Solid Biofuels - Methods of sample reduction

3 Terms and definitions
For the purpose of this document, the terms and definitions given in CEN/TS 14588:2003 shall apply.
NOTE In this method the moisture content should be reported on wet basis. The moisture content can also be
expressed on dry basis; ratio of the mass of water in the material to the mass of dry matter in the material. (see Clause
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