Heating value of fuels:
Higher heating value
of less common fuels |
Fuel |
MJ / kg |
BTU / lb |
kJ / mol |
Methanol |
22.7 |
9800 |
726 |
Ethanol |
29.7 |
12,800 |
1300 |
Propanol |
33.6 |
14,500 |
2020 |
Acetylene |
49.9 |
21,500 |
1300 |
Benzene |
41.8 |
18,000 |
3270 |
Ammonia |
22.5 |
9690 |
382 |
Hydrazine |
19.4 |
8370 |
622 |
Hexamine |
30.0 |
12,900 |
4200 |
Carbon |
32.8 |
14,100 |
393.5 |
Fuel needed to run a 100W lightbulb for a year (876 kWh)
- 400 kg (876 lb) of coal
- 230 kg (508 lb) of oil
- 170 kg (377 lb), 255 m³, of natural gas
- .006 kg (.014 lb) of uranium
- .0000075 kg (.000016 lb) of the Sun
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