Properties of Common Fuels
| Fuel | Energy density |
Air-fuel ratio |
Specific energy |
Heat of vaporization |
RON | MON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline and biogasoline | 32 MJ/L | 14.6 | 2.9 MJ/kg air | 0.36 MJ/kg | 91–99 | 81–89 |
| Butanol fuel | 29.2 MJ/L | 11.1 | 3.2 MJ/kg air | 0.43 MJ/kg | 96 | 78 |
| Ethanol fuel | 19.6 MJ/L | 9.0 | 3.0 MJ/kg air | 0.92 MJ/kg | 107 | 89 |
| Methanol fuel | 16 MJ/L | 6.4 | 3.1 MJ/kg air | 1.2 MJ/kg | 106 | 92 |
Read more about this topic: Butanol Fuel
Famous quotes containing the words properties of, properties and/or common:
“A drop of water has the properties of the sea, but cannot exhibit a storm. There is beauty of a concert, as well as of a flute; strength of a host, as well as of a hero.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property; and the end why they choose and authorize a legislative, is, that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society: to limit the power, and moderate the dominion, of every part and member of the society.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)
“This morning I threw up at a board meeting. I was sure the cat was out of the bag, but no one seemed to think anything about it; apparently it’s quite common for people to throw up at board meetings.”
—Jane Wagner (b. 1935)