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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