Methane Gas
(The primary component of LNG)
Chemical Energy
|
in rank order
|
energy density
(MJ/kg) |
| hydrogen methane propane octane kerosene gasoline, automotive diesel jet b jet a gasoline, aviation oil, heating oil, crude (petroleum) carbon (to CO2) coal, anthracite ethanol charcoal coal, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous carbon (to CO) methanol wood, oven dry groundnut shells cotton hulls soybean stalks sugar cane bagasse maize cobs sorghum bagasse wheat straw alfalfa straw maize stalks coconut shells coal, lignite cotton stalks coffee husks rice hulls wood, air dry rice straw peat dung, air dry nitromethane wood, green coconut husks sulfur |
0142.0 0055.5 0050.3 0047.9 0046.3 0045.8 0045.3 0043.5 0043.3 0043.1 0042.5 0041.9 0032.8 0031.4 0029.7 0029.0 17.4 - 23.8 0>23.9> 0022.7 0022.7 0020.0 0019.7 0019.4 0019.4 0019.0 0018.9 0018.9 0018.9 0018.4 0018.2 0017.9 0<17.43< 0017.4 0016.0 0015.5 0015.5 0015.2 0014.6 0012.0 0011.6 0010.9 0009.8 0009.16 |
Source: The Physics Hypertext Book