Fuel Gases - Heating Values

Heating values of more or less common fuel gases as acetylene, blast furnace gas, ethane, biogas and many more

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The heating values of some common fuel gases can be found in the table below:

Gas	Gross Heating Value		Net Heating Value
Gas	(Btu/ft³)	(Btu/lb)	(Btu/ft³)	(Btu/lb)
Acetylene (ethyne) - C₂H₂	1,498	21,569	1,447	20,837
Blast Furnace gas	92	1,178	92	1,178
Butane - C₄H₁₀	3,225	21,640	2,977	19,976
Butylene (Butene)	3,077	20,780	2,876	19,420
Carbon monoxide - CO	323	4,368	323	4,368
Carburetted Water Gas	550	11,440	508	10,566
Coal gas	149
Coke Oven Gas	574	17,048	514	15,266
Digester Gas (Sewage or Biogas)	690	11,316	621	10,184
Ethane - C₂H₆	1,783	22,198	1,630	20,295
Hydrogen (H₂)	325	61,084	275	51,628
Landfill Gas	476
Methane - CH₄	1,011	23,811	910	21,433
Natural Gas (typical)	950 - 1,150	19,500 - 22,500	850 - 1,050	17,500 - 22,000
Propane - C₃H₈	2,572	21,500	2,365	19,770
Propene (Propylene) - C₃H₆	2,332	20,990	2,181	19,630
Sasol	500	14,550	443	13,016
Water Gas (bituminous)	261	4,881	239	4,469

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