Evaluation of peat samples as part of a peat fuel inventory in the Province of Newfoundland / T.E. Tibbetts.: M38-13/76-42E-PDF

"In this report sixty-six samples of peat from thirty-five sites are evaluated at the request of the Province of Newfoundland as part of a reconnaissance of the peatlands in that province. The broad objective is to assess the potential of peat as an alternate source of energy. With this in view, the parameters such as ash, volatile matter, sulphur, calorific value, degree of humification fusibility and chemical analysis of ash emphasized in this evaluation, are concerned with the use of peat as a fuel"--Abstract, p. i.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology.
Energy Research Program (Canada)
Energy Research Laboratories (Canada)
Title Evaluation of peat samples as part of a peat fuel inventory in the Province of Newfoundland / T.E. Tibbetts.
Series title CANMET report ; 76-42
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
"Coal Resources and Processing Laboratory, Coal and Peat Resources Evaluation Section."
"February 1976."
"Energy Research Program, Energy Research Laboratories."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Natural Resources Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : CANMET, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 1976.
Author / Contributor Tibbetts, T. E.
Description iii, 28 p. : maps.
Catalogue number
  • M38-13/76-42E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 307019
Subject terms Peat--Newfoundland and Labrador--Analysis
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