2.3. Estimation of moisture content
The moisture content was determined by the following formula (Chakraverty, 1988):
\begin{equation} MC=\frac{W_{m}\ \times\ 100}{{(W}_{\text{m\ }}+\text{\ W}_{d})}\nonumber \\ \end{equation}
Where,
MC: Moisture content (%) in wet basis (wb)
Wm : Weight of moisture in the biomass
Wd : Weight of bone-dried biomass
(bone drying referred to oven drying of the biomass at 103 ± 2 °C for 24 h, Chakraverty, 1988).