CALORIFIC VALUE

OF LIQUID FUEL

BENDAUD M. BATABOR
THE CALORIFIC VALUE
• The heat value of a solid, liquid or gaseous fuel
• Is defined the number of heat units developed by the
complete combustion of unit mass or unit normal volume of
a given fuel.
• It may be expressed as kJ/kg or kJ/normal m3.
• Calorific power.
CALORIFIC INTENSITY
• Is used which means the maximum
temperature attained in a given combustion.
• For gaseous fuels the calorific value is
expressed as kJ/m3 measured at STP.
CALORIFIC VALUE OF LIQUID FUEL

• The calorific value of non-volatile fuels may be determined in bomb

calorimeter in the same manner as with solid fuels.

• The liquid fuel is weighed in the crucible and ignition is effected by a

cotton thread attached to the platinum ignition wire and dipping in the
sample.
•If the fuel does not ignite, it may be absorbed in three or four paper
discs whose mass is known. The heat received by the water will be
due to combustion of fuel plus the paper discs or the sample of
thread.
 METHODS
(i) Covering crucible with a piece of thin rubber sheet,
(ii) Enclosing spirit in a glass bulb, and
(iii) Use of celluloid capsules.
• Is to vaporize them and burn the vapour in a gas calorimeter.
• Suitable arrangement provided to weigh the liquid which has been
evaporated.
 EXAMPLE:

•In an experimental determination of the calorific value of oil having hydrogen

content of 14% the following data were obtained:
Mass of oil 0.579 gm; mass of water 1400 gm; water equivalent of 500 gm; rise in
temperature of water 2.912°C; cooling correction 0.058°C; mass of cotton used in
igniting oil 0.005 gm; calorific value of cotton is 16750 J/gm. Find the higher and
lower calorific values of the fuel. Specific heat of water may be taken as 4.1868
J/gm-K.