Table 2.

Moisture, volatile matter, ash, fixed carbon content and HHV of tested fuels. Proximate analysis was conducted by the Analytical Center of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering.

Fuel type	Moisture, %	ash, %	VM, %	Fixed carbon, %	HHV, MJ/kg
Chinese White Poplar	5.32	0.90	81.69	17.41	18.35
Elm	6.52	1.50	78.56	19.94	18.27
Yellow Locust	33.33	0.90	78.93	20.16	18.77
Maple	31.41	1.80	86.12	12.08	19.03
Fir	9.12	0.42	82.94	16.64	18.61
Larch	12.77	0.46	82.10	17.44	19.22
Water Chinese fir	12.83	0.71	79.91	19.38	19.49
Cypress	12.71	1.47	76.60	21.93	20.02
Oak	29.41	1.85	78.33	19.82	19.00
Chinese Pine	9.10	0.25	84.77	14.98	18.51
Willow	9.92	1.41	82.84	15.75	16.99
Paulownia tomentosa	8.69	0.30	85.03	14.67	16.00
Toon	7.17	1.49	82.94	15.57	17.28
White Birch	32.21	0.39	87.45	12.17	20.22
Lespedeza	6.04	4.60	81.08	14.32
Buxus sinica	6.96	5.84	78.36	15.80
Holly	6.76	8.56	77.58	13.86
Bamboo	8.18	0.51	84.94	14.55	18.33