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Table 2 Experimental results, grey relational grade (GRG) and grey relational grade error (GRGe)

From: The influence of parameters variability on biomass selection for energy use

Fuel

AMF

IMF

AE

MT

GRG

GRGe

GRGe(%)

Order

Order

(GRG)

(GRG + GRGe)

Almond shell (as)

0.08

0.02

0.65

800

0.57

4.51E-03

0.79

24

5

0.13

0.04

0.52

910

0.54

2.72E-02

5.04

27

12

0.15

0.05

0.57

1,000

0.56

7.31E-02

13.08

25

19

0.23

0.06

0.60

1,010

0.67

1.80E-01

26.93

5

17

0.35

0.04

1.26

1,030

0.49

3.96E-02

8.07

37

29

0.38

0.04

1.53

940

0.53

2.91E-02

5.53

31

14

0.43

0.04

1.87

970

0.50

2.86E-02

5.76

36

25

0.48

0.03

2.80

910

0.50

8.25E-03

1.66

35

16

Brassica pellet (bp)

0.08

0.04

0.39

740

0.70

1.79E-02

2.56

3

2

0.15

0.05

0.49

910

0.58

5.18E-02

8.91

16

8

 

0.18

0.06

0.55

1,240

0.56

1.38E-01

24.76

26

36

 

0.23

0.06

0.72

1,300

0.53

1.28E-01

24.10

29

37

 

0.35

0.07

0.97

1,290

0.60

2.01E-01

33.66

12

39

 

0.38

0.05

1.38

1,040

0.53

6.64E-02

12.42

28

24

Olive stone (os)

0.13

0.05

0.42

880

0.60

4.79E-02

8.03

13

6

0.15

0.05

0.54

930

0.59

6.71E-02

11.40

14

9

 

0.23

0.06

0.66

1,010

0.57

8.39E-02

14.71

23

18

 

0.28

0.05

0.87

1,100

0.51

6.08E-02

12.03

33

30

0.35

0.06

0.85

960

0.60

9.65E-02

15.99

10

13

Poplar pellet (pp)

0.18

0.06

0.52

1,030

0.62

1.38E-01

22.26

8

20

0.23

0.06

0.66

1,160

0.58

1.39E-01

24.13

19

33

0.28

0.06

0.77

1,130

0.62

1.79E-01

28.77

7

31

0.33

0.06

0.94

1,200

0.58

1.50E-01

26.05

17

34

0.43

0.05

1.33

1,170

0.51

8.06E-02

15.91

32

35

Refuse-derived fuel pellet (rdfp)

0.05

0.02

0.53

730

0.67

3.59E-03

0.54

4

3

0.08

0.03

0.61

810

0.58

7.45E-03

1.29

18

4

0.13

0.03

0.89

980

0.47

1.15E-02

2.46

38

28

 

0.15

0.04

0.96

1,180

0.43

2.99E-02

6.92

39

38

 

0.23

0.04

1.25

1,260

0.41

2.69E-02

6.59

41

41

 

0.23

0.04

1.58

1,250

0.41

2.60E-02

6.40

42

42

 

0.33

0.04

1.80

1,250

0.41

2.80E-02

6.82

40

40

 

0.35

0.04

2.13

1,240

0.40

2.18E-02

5.46

43

43

Wood pellet #1 (wp1)

0.15

0.05

0.43

890

0.60

6.02E-02

10.01

11

7

 

0.33

0.07

0.81

1,020

0.75

2.67E-03

0.36

1

1

0.35

0.07

0.98

990

0.72

2.55E-01

35.28

2

23

 

0.43

0.06

1.21

1,040

0.62

1.53E-01

24.76

9

26

 

0.48

0.05

1.63

1,100

0.51

6.55E-02

12.95

34

32

Wood pellet #2 (wp2)

0.13

0.05

0.35

940

0.58

6.05E-02

10.50

20

10

 

0.15

0.06

0.38

1,010

0.59

9.95E-02

16.92

15

15

 

0.35

0.06

0.81

1,040

0.63

1.59E-01

25.28

6

22

0.43

0.05

1.04

930

0.58

6.22E-02

10.81

21

11

 

0.48

0.06

1.40

1,100

0.57

1.16E-01

20.31

22

27

 

0.50

0.05

1.44

1,010

0.53

5.46E-02

10.35

30

21

  1. AMF, air mass flow (kg m−2 s−1); IMF, ignition mass flux (kg m−2 s−1); AE, air excess; IMFU, ignition mass flux uncertainty (kg m−2 s−1); MT, maximum temperature (°C).