Université Française d'Égypte

Engineering Faculty

Forming

PEC403

Fuels

Names:
Maria Sarwat

Supervisor: Dr. Mohamed Fayed

 Property NG (Natural LNG (Liquefied LPG (Liquefied Gasoline Aviation Jet Fuels Diesel Fuels
Gas) Natural Gas) Petroleum Gas) Gasoline

Composition Primarily Methane, ethane, Propane, butane, Hydrocarbons, Hydrocarbons, Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons
methane propane, butanes isobutane mostly octane octane

Source Extracted from Extracted and Extracted from Extracted from Extracted from Extracted from Extracted from
wells liquefied from natural gas and oil crude oil crude oil crude oil crude oil
natural gas refining
Density ~0.72 kg/m³ ~430 kg/m³ (liquid) ~540 kg/m³ (liquid) ~0.74 kg/L ~0.73 kg/L ~0.8 kg/L ~0.83 kg/L
(gaseous)
Specific ~0.6 - 0.7 ~0.45 (liquid) ~0.55 (liquid) ~0.72 ~0.71 ~0.8 ~0.82
Gravity (gaseous)

Flash Point N/A N/A -42 °C (propane) to -40 °C -43 °C >38 °C (-40 °C >52 °C
-104 °C (butane) for Jet A)
Specific Heat Varies Varies Varies ~2.22 kJ/kg°C ~2.15 kJ/kg°C ~2.0 kJ/kg°C ~2.0 kJ/kg°C

Calorific Value ~55 MJ/kg ~50 MJ/kg (liquid) ~50 MJ/kg (liquid) ~44 MJ/kg ~43 MJ/kg ~43 MJ/kg ~45 MJ/kg
(gaseous)
Storage High-pressure Cryogenic storage Pressurized Underground Underground Above-ground Above-ground
pipelines, tanks cylinders, bulk storage tanks storage tanks storage tanks storage tanks
storage tanks storage tanks