INTRODUCTION

Boys Gas Calorimeter is an apparatus

to determine the calorific value of gaseous
fuel. It consist of a gas burner with an
arrangement to measure gas flow and pressure
of the gas supply to the burner. A gas pressure
regulator on the cylinders help to provide gas
flow at lower pressure and dampens at any
pressure fluctuations in a flow. The burner
burns inside a specially designed calorimeter
container containing a cooling coil with
flowing water. The water is provided with a
rotameter to measure flow of cooling water.
Two thermometers are provided at the inlet
and outlet of the water flow through the coil.

Heat is a form of energy which is measured in

unit of joules or calories. The quality of a fuel
is determined by the amount of heat generated
by fuels that has the ability to produce more
heat compare to the others. This ability can be
determined in terms of the amount of joules or
calories that were generated when the fuel
burn.
The quantity of heat may be measured
indirectly in a variety of ways in terms of the
different effects of heat on material substances.
The most important of these effects are rise of
temperature,
change
of
state
and
transformation of energy.