Table 4.
Results of specification quality inspection about agglomerated wood charcoal

Test details	Moisture content (%)	Ash (%)	Fixed carbon (%)	Volatile (%)	Higher heating value (kcal/kg)	Carbon (%)	Hydrogen (%)
Charcoal A (Mixed Hard wood)	2.9	36.9	30.8	29.4	3,673	79.11	2.58
Charcoal A (Coconut shell)	20.8	4.7	67.0	7.5	6,662	54.24	1.93
Charcoal B (Merbau)	4.7	3.2	85.4	6.7	7,721	85.02	0.79
Charcoal B (Bamboo)	8.3	3.4	81.7	6.6	7,636	88.03	0.69
Charcoal C (Mixed Hard wood)	5.9	31.7	42.1	20.3	5,460	55.72	1.84
Charcoal C (Mixed wood)	5.3	30.9	39.3	24.5	4,563	56.22	2.86

In case of Charcoal A(Coconut shell), moisture content is too high than others. Because its state was very wet with oily liquid.
Charcoal A - agglomerated wood charcoal powder, Charcoal B - agglomerated wood charcoal sawdust, Charcoal C -agglomerated wood charcoal for igniting nine-holed charcoal