Evaluation of Elemental and Chemical Compositions of Some Fuelwood Species for Energy Value
Table 4
Effect of bark inclusion on the sulphur content (%) of the selected fuelwood species.
Tree species
Sulphur
100% wood
5% bark
10% bark
100% bark
Mean
A. leiocarpus
0.19b
0.22ab
0.23ab
0.26a
0.33d
C. arereh
0.07b
0.28a
0.29a
0.33a
0.24d
B. aegyptiaca
0.06b
0.10b
0.11b
0.95b
0.31cd
C. molle
0.37b
0.37b
0.37b
0.41a
0.38c
T. mollis
0.06b
0.15b
1.11a
1.14a
0.62b
T. indica
0.11b
0.17b
1.09a
1.14a
0.63b
S. birrea
0.18c
0.22c
0.98b
1.16a
0.64b
C. lamprocarpum
0.22b
0.23b
0.91a
1.25a
0.65b
P. reticulatum
0.81b
0.82b
0.82b
0.995a
0.85a
A. sieberiana
0.85b
0.86b
0.98a
1.01a
0.93a
Values with the same alphabets within the same rows are not significantly different, and values with the same alphabets in the mean column are not significantly different using Duncan multiple range test at α = 0.05.