Evaluation of poultry litter as a feasible fuel

Caloric values (massic energy of combustion) of poultry litter coming from the chicken farm “Cantos Blancos” (Guadalajara– Spain) were determined by static bomb calorimetry. These values correspond to samples treated in different conditions of drying-up. The massic energy of combustion of the “dry samples” was 14 447 kJ/kg and for “wet samples” decreased linearly with increasing water content. The optimum conditions to use these waste product as an economic fuel were also established. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.