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Ash Content of Biomass Materials


Biomass % Weight Ash, dry basis
Alfalfa Seed Straw, Cubed 6.0
Almond Shell 4.8
Barley Straw Mix 10.3
Bean Straw 10.2
Charcoal 2 - 5
Coffee Hull 1.3
Corn Cobs 1.5
Corn Stalk 6.4
Cotton Gin Trash 17.6
Cubed Cotton Stalks 17.2
Douglar Fir Wood Blocks 0.2
Furfural Residue 12.0
Hogged Wood Manufacturing Residue 0.3
Municipal Tree Pruning 3.0
Olive Pits 3.2
Peach Pits 0.9
Peanut Husk 1.5
Peat (average) 1.6
Prune Pits 0.5
Rice Hull 16 - 23
Safflower Straw 6.0
Wallnut Shell Mix, 1/4 in. Pelleted 5.8
Walnut Shell, Cracked 1.1
Wheat Straw and Corn Stalk 7.4
Wood Chips, Whole Log 0.1
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