Study on Tar Generated from Downdraft Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds

Table 1

Physical and chemical properties of OPF [9].

Proximate analysis [%]^∗
Volatile matter (VM)	83.50
Fixed carbon (FC)	15.20
Ash	1.30
Ultimate analysis^∗ [%]
C	44.58
H	4.53
N	0.71
S	0.07
O^∗∗	48.80
HHV [MJ/kg]	17.28

∗Dry weight basis, ∗∗by difference.