Table 3 Proximate analysis, elemental composition, and chemical composition of biomass samples
Parameters | Sample | MA | SWD |
|---|---|---|---|
Proximate analysis (wt%) | Moisture | 4.76 ± 0.238 | 3.9 ± 0.195 |
VM | 84.25 ± 2.527 | 73.76 ± 2.950 | |
FC | 5.85 ± 0.293 | 12.62 ± 0.631 | |
Ash | 5.14 ± 0.103 | 9.72 ± 0.243 | |
Elemental composition (wt%) | C | 47 ± 1.88 | 42.3 ± 1.904 |
H | 6.8 ± 0.34 | 6.1 ± 0.305 | |
O | 27.8 ± 1.39 | 41.3 ± 2.065 | |
N | 10.5 ± 0.53 | 1.4 ± 0.07 | |
S | 0.82 ± 0.041 | 0.71 ± 0.036 | |
Chemical composition (wt%) | Carbohydrate | 19.8 ± 0.99 | 21.3 ± 1.065 |
Protein | 65.2 ± 1.956 | 16.3 ± 0.408 | |
Lipid | 8.7 ± 0.131 | 7.8 ± 0.156 | |
Structural component analysis | Lignin |  | 6.49 ± 0.149 |
Cellulose |  | 59.31 ± 2.966 | |
Hemicellulose |  | 14.7 ± 0.441 |