Physical and thermal properties for various fuels and substances
Density at 20oCSpecific heating capacity for solids - At 20 -100oC
Specific heating capacity for liquids - At 0 -100oC
HHV - Higher Heating/Calorific value
LHV - Lower Heating/Calorific value
Specific heating capacity for gases - Cp at 0oC
| Substance | Density (Kg/dm3) | Specific heat capacity J/KgK | HHV (KJ/Kg) | LHV (KJ/Kg) | LHV (KWh/Kg) | LHV (Btu/Kg) | LHV (KJ/Nm3) | LHV (KJ/Litre) | LHV (Btu/Nm3) | LHV (Btu/Litre) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid | - | |||||||||
| Coal - Antrasit | 1.4 | 1090 | 34000 | 33000 | 9.17 | 31278 | - | - | - | - |
| Coal - Lithumen (pellets) | 1.25 | 2600 | 21000 | 19500 | 5.42 | 18482 | - | - | - | - |
| Coal - Charcoal | 0.4 | 960 | - | 29000 | 8.06 | 27487 | - | - | - | - |
| Peat (air dried) | 0.64 | - | 14000 | 11500 | 3.19 | 10900 | - | - | - | - |
| Wood (Air dried) | 0.4 - 0.8 | 2500 | 16000 | 14500 | 4.03 | 13743 | - | - | - | - |
| Thorium (breeder) *Nuclear | 5.4 | . | - | 79000000 | 21944.44 | 74877552 | ||||
| Uranium (LWR) - Natural *Nuclear | 19.1 | - | - | 570000 | 158.33 | 540256 | - | - | - | - |
| Uranium (breeder) * Nuclear | 6.3 | - | - | 810000000 | 225000 | 767731867 | - | - | - | - |
| Liquid | ||||||||||
| Heavy fuel oil (Bunker oil) | 0.95 | 1970 | 44000 | 41400 | 11.5 | 39240 | - | 39330 | - | 37278 |
| Diesel | 0.84 | 2050 | 45000 | 43400 | 12.06 | 41135 | - | 36456 | - | 34554 |
| Ethanol | 0.79 | 2470 | 30000 | 27000 | 7.5 | 25591 | - | 21330 | - | 20217 |
| Fuel oil (Heavy) | 0.95 | 1970 | 44000 | 41400 | 11.5 | 39240 | - | 39330 | - | 37278 |
| Gasoline | 0.75 | 2100 | 46000 | 44400 | 12.33 | 42083 | - | 33300 | - | 31562 |
| Methanol | 0.79 | 2500 | - | 20000 | 5.56 | 18956 | - | 15800 | - | 14976 |
| Gas | ||||||||||
| Hydrogen | 0.000089 | 14200 | 141000 | 121000 | 33.61 | 114686 | 10769 | - | 10207 | - |
| Butane | 0.00267 | 1670 | 50200 | 46230 | 12.84 | 43818 | 123434 | - | 116993 | - |
| Ethane | 0.00136 | 1700 | 51100 | 46700 | 12.97 | 44263 | 63512 | - | 116993 | - |
| Propane | 0.00202 | 1670 | 48000 | 46300 | 12.86 | 43884 | 93526 | - | 116993 | - |
| Methane | 0.00072 | 2190 | 54000 | 49850 | 13.85 | 47249 | 35892 | - | 116993 | - |
| Undefined | ||||||||||
| Fat | - | . | . | 38000 | 10.56 | 36017 | - | - | - | - |
| Protein | - | . | . | 17000 | 4.72 | 16113 | - | - | - | - |
| Carbohydrate | - | . | . | 17000 | 4.72 | 16113 | - | - | - | - |