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1 kilowatt-hour of electricity . . . . . .
. . . . . 3,413 Btu
1 cubic foot of natural gas . . . . . . . . . 1,008 to 1,034 Btu
1 therm of natural gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000 Btu
1 gallon of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) . . . . . 95,475 Btu
1 gallon of crude oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138,095 Btu
1 barrel of crude oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,800,000 Btu
1 gallon of kerosene or light distillate oil . . . 135,000 Btu
1 gallon of middle distillate or diesel fuel oil . . 138,690 Btu
1 gallon of residual fuel oil . . . . . . . . . . . 149,690 Btu
1 gallon of gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,000 Btu
1 gallon of ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,400 Btu
1 gallon of methanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62,800 Btu
1 gallon of gasohol (10% ethanol, 90% gasoline) . . .120,900 Btu
1 pound of coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,100 to 13,000 Btu
1 ton of coal . . . . . . . . . . . 16,200,000 to 26,000,000 Btu
1 ton of coke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,000,000 Btu
1 ton of wood . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000,000 to
17,000,000 Btu
1 standard cord of wood . . . . . . 15,500,000 to 32,000,000 Btu
1 face cord of wood . . . . . . . . 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 Btu
Energy content per air dried full cord
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Rock Elm Shagbark Hickory White Oak Bitternut Hickory Sugar Maple Beech Red Oak Yellow Birch Red Elm White Ash White Elm Red Maple Tamarack Black Cherry White Birch Black Ash Green Ash Silver Maple Manitoba Maple Large Tooth Aspen Hemlock Trembling Aspen Butternut Balsam Poplar White Pine Basswood White Cedar White Spruce Balsam Fir |
32,000,000
30,600,000 30,600,000 29,200,000 29,000,000 27,800,000 27,300,000 26,200,000 25,400,000 25,000,000 24,500,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 23,500,000 23,400,000 22,600,000 22,100,000 21,700,000 19,300,000 18,200,000 17,900,000 17,700,000 17,400,000 17,260,000 17,100,000 17,000,000 16,300,000 16,200,000 15,500,000 |
Measurement Conversions
1 short ton (ton) = 2,000 pounds = 6.65 barrels (crude oil)
1 metric ton (tonn) = 2,200 pounds
1 barrel (bbl) = 42 gallons = 5.615 cubic feet = 159.0 liters
1 Mcf = 1,000 cubic feet
1 therm = 100,000 Btu
1 thousand Btu (MBtu) = 1,000 Btu
1 million Btu (MMBtu) = 1,000,000 Btu
1 quad = 1,000,000,000,000,000 (quadrillion) Btu or 1,000,000,000 MMBtu
1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 1,000 watt-hours
1 megawatt-hour (MWh) = 1,000 kWh or 1,000,000 watt-hours
1 gigawatt-hour (GWh) = 1,000 MWh or 1,000,000,000 watt-hours
1 gallon = 4.524 pounds liquefied petroleum gas
1 standard cord of wood = 8 feet x 4 feet x 4 feet = 128 cubic feet = approx.
4,000 lbs.
1 face cord of wood = 8 feet x 4 feet x 16 inches = 42.7 cubic feet = approx.
1,333 lbs.
G&H
Hatfield Enterprises Inc.
13804 Hatfield Rd. Rittman, Ohio
330-925-3181
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