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Jump to: navigation, search The heat of combustion ( ) is the energy released as heat when a compound undergoes complete combustion with oxygen under standard conditions. The chemical reaction is typically a hydrocarbon reacting with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, water and heat. It may be expressed with the quantities: energy/mole of fuel (kJ/mol) energy/mass of fuel energy/volume of fuel The heat of combustion is conventionally measured with a bomb calorimeter. It may also be calculated as the difference between the heat of formation of the products and reactants.

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[hide] 1 Heating value 1.1 Higher heating value 1.2 Lower heating value 1.3 Gross heating value 1.4 Measuring heating values 1.5 Relation between heating values 1.6 Usage of terms 1.7 Accounting for moisture 2 Heat of combustion tables 3 Lower heating value for some organic compounds (at 15.4C)[citation needed ] 4 Higher heating values of natural gases from various sources 5 See also 6 References
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Heating value[edit]
The heating value (or energy value or calorific value ) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it. The energy value is a characteristic for each substance. It is measured in units of energy per unit of the substance, usually mass, such as: kJ/kg, kJ/mol, kcal/kg, Btu/lb. Heating value is commonly determined by use of a bomb calorimeter. Heating value unit conversions (for more visit Wolfram Alpha): kcal/kg = MJ/kg * 238.846 Btu/lb = MJ/kg * 429.923 Btu/lb = kcals * 1.8 The heat of combustion for fuels is expressed as the HHV, LHV, or GHV.

Higher heating value[edit]


The quantity known as higher heating value (HHV) (or gross energy or upper heating value or gross calorific value (GCV) or higher calorific value (HCV)) is determined by bringing all the products of combustion back to the original pre-combustion temperature, and in particular condensing any vapor produced. Such measurements often use a standard temperature of 25C. This is the same as the thermodynamic heat of combustion since the enthalpy change for the reaction assumes a common temperature of the compounds before and after combustion, in which case the water produced by combustion is liquid. The higher heating value takes into account the latent heat of vaporization of water in the combustion products, and is useful in calculating heating values for fuels where condensation of the reaction products is practical (e.g., in a gas-fired boiler used for space heat). In other words, HHV assumes all the water component is in liquid state at the end of combustion (in product of combustion) and that heat above 150C can be put to use.

Lower heating value[edit]


The quantity known as lower heating value (LHV) (net calorific value (NCV) or lower calorific value (LCV)) is determined by subtracting the heat of vaporization of the water vapor from the higher heating value. This treats any H2O formed as a vapor. The energy required to vaporize the water therefore is not released as heat.
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LHV calculations assume that the water component of a combustion process is in vapor state at the end of combustion, as opposed to the higher heating value (HHV) (a.k.a. gross calorific value or gross CV) which assumes that all of the water in a combustion process is in a liquid state after a combustion process. The LHV assumes that the latent heat of vaporization of water in the fuel and the reaction products is not recovered. It is useful in comparing fuels where condensation of the combustion products is impractical, or heat at a temperature below 150C cannot be put to use. The above is but one definition of lower heating value adopted by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and uses a reference temperature of 60F (15.56C). Another definition, used by Gas Processors Suppliers Association (GPSA) and originally used by API (data collected for API research project 44), is the enthalpy of all combustion products minus the enthalpy of the fuel at the reference temperature (API research project 44 used 25C. GPSA currently uses 60F), minus the enthalpy of the stoichiometric oxygen (O2) at the reference temperature, minus the heat of vaporization of the vapor content of the combustion products. The distinction between the two is that this second definition assumes that the combustion products are all returned to the reference temperature and the heat content from the condensing vapor is considered not to be useful. This is more easily calculated from the higher heating value than when using the preceding definition and will in fact give a slightly different answer.

Gross heating value[edit]


Gross heating value (see AR) accounts for water in the exhaust leaving as vapor, and includes liquid water in the fuel prior to combustion. This value is important for fuels like wood or coal, which will usually contain some amount of water prior to burning. Note that GPSA 12th Edition states that the Gross Heating Value of a gas is equivalent to Higher Heating Value. This suggests that there may be different standards in play. The use of the term Gross normally describes a larger value than the Net, which usually describes a smaller value. GPSA is consistent with this, and equates the Gross Heating Value to the higher heating value (for a gas - so probably with no liquid water present), and the Net Heating Value to the lower heating value.

Measuring heating values[edit]


The higher heating value is experimentally determined in a bomb calorimeter. The combustion of a stoichiometric mixture of fuel and oxidizer (e.g., two moles of hydrogen and one mole of oxygen) in a steel container at 25 is initiated by an ignition device and the reactions allowed to complete. When hydrogen and oxygen react during combustion, water vapor is produced. The vessel and its contents are then cooled to the original 25C and the higher heating value is determined as the heat released between identical initial and final temperatures.
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When the lower heating value (LHV) is determined, cooling is stopped at 150C and the reaction heat is only partially recovered. The limit of 150C is an arbitrary choice. Note: Higher heating value (HHV) is calculated with the product of water being in liquid form while lower heating value (LHV) is calculated with the product of water being in vapor form.

Relation between heating values[edit]


The difference between the two heating values depends on the chemical composition of the fuel. In the case of pure carbon or carbon monoxide, the two heating values are almost identical, the difference being the sensible heat content of carbon dioxide between 150C and 25C (sensible heat exchange causes a change of temperature. In contrast, latent heat is added or subtracted for phase transitions at constant temperature. Examples: heat of vaporization or heat of fusion). For hydrogen the difference is much more significant as it includes the sensible heat of water vapour between 150C and 100C, the latent heat of condensation at 100C, and the sensible heat of the condensed water between 100C and 25C. All in all, the higher heating value of hydrogen is 18.2% above its lower heating value (142 MJ/kg vs. 120 MJ/kg). For hydrocarbons the difference depends on the hydrogen content of the fuel. For gasoline and diesel the higher heating value exceeds the lower heating value by about 10% and 7% respectively, and for natural gas about 11%. A common method of relating HHV to LHV is: HHV = LHV + hv x (nH2O,out/nfuel,in ) where hv is the heat of vaporization of water, nH2O,out is the moles of water vaporized and nfuel,in is the number of moles of fuel combusted.[1] Most applications that burn fuel produce water vapour, which is unused and thus wastes its heat content. In such applications, the lower heating value is generally used to give a 'benchmark' for the process; however, for true energy calculations the higher heating value is correct. This is particularly relevant for natural gas, whose high hydrogen content produces much water. The gross energy value is relevant for gas burned in condensing boilers and power plants with flue-gas condensation that condense the water vapour produced by combustion, recovering heat which would otherwise be wasted.

Usage of terms[edit]
For historical reasons, the efficiency of power plants and combined heat and power plants in Europe may have once been calculated based on the LHV. However, this does not seem to be the case nowadays and most countries are tending to correctly use HHV for true efficiency figures. This is becoming noticeable in modern UK energy publications with the increase of energy awareness and based on the simple fact that it is correct. While in the US, values may have been reported to be generally based on the HHV, although any initial investigation may reveal that the US is still tending to
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use LHV in some circumstances, whether technically correct or not. This has the peculiar result that contemporary combined heat and power plants, where flue-gas condensation is implemented, may report efficiencies exceeding 100%. Using LHV in other energy calculations brings similar errors, especially when pulled (incorrectly) into electrolysis calculations etc. Many engine manufacturers rate their engine fuel consumption by the lower heating values. American consumers should be aware that the corresponding fuel-consumption figure based on the higher heating value will be somewhat higher. The difference between HHV and LHV definitions causes endless confusion when quoters do not bother to state the convention being used.[2] since there is typically a 10% difference between the two methods for a power plant burning natural gas. For simply benchmarking part of a reaction the LHV may be appropriate, but HHV should be used for overall energy efficiency calculations, if only to avoid confusion, and in any case the value or convention should be clearly stated.

Accounting for moisture[edit]


Both HHV and LHV can be expressed in terms of AR (all moisture counted), MF and MAF (only water from combustion of hydrogen). AR, MF, and MAF are commonly used for indicating the heating values of coal: AR (As Received) indicates that the fuel heating value has been measured with all moisture and ash forming minerals present. MF (Moisture Free) or Dry indicates that the fuel heating value has been measured after the fuel has been dried of all inherent moisture but still retaining its ash forming minerals. MAF (Moisture and Ash Free) or DAF (Dry and Ash Free) indicates that the fuel heating value has been measured in the absence of inherent moisture and ash forming minerals.

Heat of combustion tables[edit]


Higher (HHV) and Lower (LHV) Heating values of some common fuels[3] HHV MJ/kg HHV BTU/lb HHV kJ/mol 141.80 55.50 51.90 50.35 49.50 61,000 23,900 22,400 21,700 20,900 286 889 1,560 2,220 2,877 Higher heating value of some less common fuels[3] HHV MJ/kg BTU/lb kJ/mol 22.7 29.7 33.6 49.9 41.8 9,800 12,800 14,500 21,500 18,000 726.0 1,300.0 2,020.0 1,300.0 3,270.0
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Fuel Hydrogen Methane Ethane Propane Butane

LHV MJ/kg 119.96 50.00 47.80 46.35 45.75

Fuel Methanol Ethanol Propanol Acetylene Benzene

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Pentane Gasoline Paraffin wax Kerosene Diesel Coal (Anthracite) Coal (Lignite) Wood (MAF) Peat (damp) Peat (dry) 47.30 46.00 46.20 44.80 32.50 15.00 21.7 6.00 15.00 20,400 19,900 19,862 19,300 14,000 8,000 8,700 2,500 6,500

45.35 44.4 41.50 43.00 43.4

Ammonia Hydrazine Hexamine Carbon

22.5 19.4 30.0 32.8

9,690 8,370 12,900 14,100

382.0 622.0 4,200.0 393.5

Heat of Combustion for some common fuels (higher value) Fuel kJ/g kcal/g BTU/lb Hydrogen Gasoline Diesel Ethanol Propane Butane Wood Coal (Lignite) Coal (Anthracite) Natural Gas 141.9 47.0 45.0 29.7 49.9 49.2 15.0 15.0 27.0 54.0 33.9 11.3 10.7 7.1 11.9 11.8 3.6 4.4 7.8 13.0 61,000 20,000 19,300 12,000 21,000 21,200 6,000 8,000 14,000 23,000

Lower heating value for some organic compounds (at 15.4C)[citation needed][edit]
Fuel MJ/kg MJ/L BTU/lb kJ/mol Alkanes
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Methane Ethane Propane Butane Pentane Hexane Heptane Octane Nonane Decane Undecane Dodecane Isobutane Isopentane 2-Methylpentane 2,3-Dimethylbutane 2,3-Dimethylpentane 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane Cyclopentane Methylcyclopentane Cyclohexane Methylcyclohexane Ethylene Propylene 1-Butene cis-2-Butene
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50.009 47.794 46.357

21,504 802.34 20,551 1,437.2 19,934 2,044.2

45.752 19,673 2,659.3 45.357 28.39 21,706 3,272.6 44.752 29.30 19,504 3,856.7 44.566 30.48 19,163 4,465.8 44.427 31.23 19,104 5,074.9 44.311 31.82 19,054 5,683.3 44.240 33.29 19,023 6,294.5 44.194 32.70 19,003 6,908.0 44.147 33.11 18,983 7,519.6 Isoparaffins 45.613 19,614 2,651.0 45.241 27.87 19,454 3,264.1 44.682 29.18 19,213 6,850.7 44.659 29.56 19,203 3,848.7 44.496 30.92 19,133 4,458.5 44.310 30.49 19,053 5,061.5 Naphthenes 44.636 33.52 19,193 3,129.0 44.636? 33.43? 19,193? 3,756.6? 43.450 33.85 18,684 3,656.8 43.380 33.40 18,653 4,259.5 Monoolefins 47.195 45.799 45.334 45.194
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trans-2-Butene Isobutene 1-Pentene 2-Methyl-1-pentene 1-Hexene 1,3-Butadiene Isoprene Nitromethane Nitropropane Acetylene Methylacetylene 1-Butyne 1-Pentyne Benzene Toluene o-Xylene m-Xylene p-Xylene Ethylbenzene 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene

45.124 45.055 45.031 44.799 44.426 Diolefins 44.613 44.078 Nitrous derivated 10.513 20.693 Acetylenes 48.241 46.194 45.590 45.217 Aromatics 40.170 40.589 40.961 40.961 40.798 40.938 40.984

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Propylbenzene[disambiguation needed ] 41.193 Cumene 41.217 Alcohols Methanol 19.930 15.78 8,570
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Ethanol n-Propanol Isopropanol n-Butanol Isobutanol Tert-butanol n-Pentanol Isoamyl alcohol Methoxymethane Ethoxyethane Propoxypropane Butoxybutane Methanal Ethanal Propionaldehyde Butyraldehyde Acetone Carbon (graphite) Hydrogen Carbon monoxide Ammonia Sulfur (solid )

28.865 22.77 12,412 1,329.8 30.680 24.65 13,192 1,843.9 30.447 23.93 13,092 1,829.9 33.075 26.79 14,222 2,501.6 32.959 32.587 34.727 31.416? Ethers 28.703 26.43 14,172 2,442.9 25.45 14,012 2,415.3 28.28 14,933 3,061.2 35.64? 13,509? 2,769.3? 12,342 1,322.3 14,563 2,510.2 15,633 3,568.0 16,253 4,922.4 52,017 4,348 8,018 3,940 244 283.24 317.56 293.82

33.867 24.16 36.355 26.76 37.798 28.88 Aldehydes and ketones 17.259 24.156 28.889 31.610 28.548 Other species 32.808 22.62

120.971 10.112 18.646 9.163

Note that there is no difference between the lower and higher heating values for the combustion of carbon, carbon monoxide and sulfur since no water is formed in combusting those substances. BTU/lb values are calculated from MJ/kg (1 MJ/kg = 430 BTU/lb).
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Higher heating values of natural gases from various sources[edit]


The International Energy Agency reports the following typical higher heating values:[4] Algeria: 42.00 MJ/m Bangladesh: 36.00 MJ/m Canada: 38.20 MJ/m Indonesia: 40.60 MJ/m Netherlands: 33.32 MJ/m Norway: 39.88 MJ/m Pakistan: 34.90 MJ/m Russia: 38.23 MJ/m Saudi Arabia: 38.00 MJ/m United Kingdom: 39.71 MJ/m United States: 38.42 MJ/m Uzbekistan: 37.89 MJ/m The lower heating value of natural gas is normally about 90 percent of its higher heating val.

See also[edit]
Adiabatic flame temperature Combustion Energy density Energy value of coal Exothermic reaction Fire Fuel efficiency#Energy content of fuel Food energy Internal energy Thermal efficiency Wobbe index: heat density ISO 15971 Electrical efficiency
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Mechanical efficiency Figure of merit Relative cost of electricity generated by different sources Energy conversion efficiency

References[edit]
1. ^ Air Quality Engineering, CE 218A, W. Nazaroff and R. Harley, University of California Berkeley, 2007 2. ^ http://www.claverton-energy.com/the-difference-between-lcv-and-hcv-or-lower-and-higher-heating-value-or-net-and-gross-is-clearly-understood-byall-energy-engineers-there-is-no-right-or-wrong-definition.html 3. ^ a b NIST Chemistry WebBook 4. ^ Key World Energy Statistics (2005), page 59

"Carburants et moteurs", J-C Guibet, Publication de l'Institut Franais du Ptrole, ISBN 2-7108-0704-1

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