| Properties | Bio-oil | Heavy fuel oila | |
| Wet basis | H2O (wt%) | 32.6 | 0.1 |
| pH | 3.2 | - | |
| Dry basis, wt% | C | 55.3 | 85 |
| H | 6.9 | 11 | |
| N | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| O | 37.4 | 1.0 | |
| HHV (MJ/kg) |
| 21.9 | 40 |