Calorific Values

Calorific Value

The calorific or heating value is an important indicator of the quality of pressed fuel briquettes . It measures the energy content of the briquettes. It is defined as the amount of heat evolved when a pressed fuel briquette is completely burnt and the combustion products are cooled. The Gross Caloric Value, shortened as GCV, refers to the calorific value with the condensation of water in the latent heat also known as higher heating value.

CALORIFIC VALUE OF BRIQUETTES MADE FROM VARIOUS RAW MATERIAL
Type of Material Ash(%) Heat of Combustion Kcal
Arhar Stalk 1.98 4000
Babool Stalk 0.90 4707
Baggasse 1.80 4300
Briquettes of Bark 3.4 4487
Chips 3.0 4800
Bamboo Dust 8.0 4160
Barks Wood 4.4 1270
Bark and Binder 4.8 4459
Castor Seeds Shells 8.0 3862
Clean Chopped Straw 5.3 4403
Coffee Waste 2.0 4371
Coconut 3.5 5200
Cotton Stalk/Chips 3.0 4252
Coir Pith 9.1 4146
Cow Dung 14.89 3240
Forestry Waste 7.0 3000
Groundnut Shells 2.80 4661
Jute Waste 3.0 4428
Maize Stalk 2.10 3800
Mustard Shell 3.7 4300
Mustard Straw 3.4 4200
Pine Needles 1.86 4000
Peat 29 3180
Plam Husk 4.9 3900
Paddy Straw 15.5 3469
Press Mud (Maili) 14.25 3600
Paper 1.5 4801
Papyrus 5.6 3965
Rice Husk 19.2 3200
Rice Straw 19.2 3500
Straw + Coal Dust + Rape Seed 3.8 4100
Saw Dust + Cow Dung 8.2 3898
Saw Dust 0.7 4654
Soya Been Husk 4.1 4170
Shells from Oil Kevels 2.0 4985
Straw and Coal Dust 6.1 4826
Sunflower Stalk 4.3 4300
Sugercane 10 3996
Tea Waste 3.8 4237
Tabacco waste 31.5 2910
Wood chips 1.2 4785
Wheat straw 8.0 4100