RONAK

AGROTECH ENGINEERING
(Formerly Known as RONAK INDUSTRIES, RAJKOT)

CALORIFIC VALUE OF FUELS

Sr. No.

Fuel

Approx heating value Kcal/Kg

Natural State

A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

BIOMASS
Wood
Cattle dung
Bagasse
Wheat and rice straw
Cane trash, rice husk, leaves and vegetable
wastes
Coconut husks, dry grass and crop residues
Groundnut shells
Coffee and oil palm husks
Cotton husks
Peat
FOSSIL FUELS
Coal
Coke
Charcoal
Carbon
Fuel oil
Kerosene and diesel
Petrol
Paraffin
Natural gas
Coal gas
Electrical (Kcal(KW)
Bio gas(Kcal/cu mtr) (12 kg of dung produces 1
cu. Mtr gas)

Dry state

1500
1000
2200
2400
3000

3500
3700
4400
2500
3000

3500
4000
4200
4400
6500

3500
4000
4200
4400
6500
4000-7000
6500
7000
8000
9800
10000
10800
10500
8600
4000
860
4700-6000

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RONAK
AGROTECH ENGINEERING
(Formerly Known as RONAK INDUSTRIES, RAJKOT)

CALORIFIC VALUE OF FUELS

Type of Material
Charcoal
Bagasse
Sugarcane
Jute Waste
Palm Husk
Tea Waste
Wood Chips
Paddy Straw
Wheat Straw
Mustard Stalk
Mustard Shell
Bamboo Dust
Forestry Waste
Babool [Wood]
Sunflower Stalk
Soya bean Husk
Groundnut shells
Briquettes of bark
Coffee waste No.1
Coffee waste No. 2
Coffee waste No. 3
Briquettes of chips
Briquettes of paper
Castor Seed Shells
Saw Dust Briquettes
Cotton Stalks / Chips
Briquettes of sawdust
Briquettes of rice husk
Briquettes of bark and binder
Briquettes of groundnut shells
Briquettes of straw and coal dust
Briquettes of clean chopped straw
Straw + coal dust + rape seed waste

Ash (%)
4.5
1.8
10
3
4.9
3.8
1.2
15.5
8
3.4
3.7
8
7
0.9
4.3
4.1
2.4
3.4
2
5
1.7
3
1.5
8
8.2
3
0.7
15
4.8
2.8
6.1
5.3
3.8

Heat of Combustion Kcal

7213
4380
3996
4428
3900
4237
4785
3469
4100
4200
4300
4160
3000
4707
4300
4170
4626
4487
4371
4434
4438
4800
4841
3862
3898
4252
4654
3881
4459
4661
4826
4403
4100

Office : Plot #39, ATLAS Industrial Area, Nr. Kothariya Railway Crossing, Opp. Hotel Krishna Park, Off Rajkot-Gondal N.H. 8-B, Kothariya, Rajkot 360004 (Gujarat), INDIA

Office: +91 281 2474824 Works: +91 8511111115 Fax: +91 281 2474824 Cell: 99790 99999, 99252 78888
Web: www.ronakindustries.in E-mail: info@ronakindustries.in / ronakindus@gmail.com
Skype : ronak24x7 Yahoo : ronak24x7@yahoo.com GTalk: ronakindus@gmail.com Hotmail : ronak24x7@hotmail.com