1 Jul 2012



CALORIFIC VALUE OF FUELS

Sr
Fuel
Approx heating value Kcal/Kg
Natural State
Dry
state
A
BIOMASS


1
Wood
1500
3500
2
Cattle dung
1000
3700
3
Bagasse
2200
4400
4
Wheat and rice straw
2400
2500
5
Cane trash, rice husk, leaves and vegetable wastes
3000
3000
6
Coconut husks, dry grass and crop residues
3500
3500
7
Groundnut shells
4000
4000
8
Coffee and oil palm husks
4200
4200
9
Cotton husks
4400
4400
10
Peat
6500
6500
B
FOSSIL FUELS


1
Coal

4000-7000
2
Coke

6500
3
Charcoal

7000
4
Carbon

8000
5
Fuel oil

9800
6
Kerosene and diesel

10000
7
Petrol

10800
8
Paraffin

10500
9
Natural gas

8600
10
Coal gas

4000
11
Electrical (Kcal(KW)

860
12
Bio gas(Kcal/cu mtr) (12 kg of dung  produces 1 cu. Mtr gas)

4700-6000








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