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This research discusses a brief analysis about treatment of palm oil shell biomass by using physical treatment at different crushing pressure to examine the adequate size of particle for improving the heating value of briquette. The oil palm shell which was applied physical treatment at different crushing pressure of 400 Joule, 550 Joule, and 700 Joule, that resulted in particle size is smaller than 800 µm, 800 µm, 1700 µm, 2000 µm, and bigger than 2000 µm. The adequate size of particle for briquette was found to be 1700 up to 2000 µm, which reached heating value of 4696.2 cal.g-1.