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Calorific value of Different Fuels
Fuels Vlues
Commercial fuels
Coal(gross calorific value)a
Hard coal 5000
Lignite beown coal 2310
Charcoal 6900
Petroleum products (net calorific value)
LPG 10800
Gasoline/naptha 10500
Kerosene 10300
Jet fuel 10400
Fuel oil 9600 
Natural gas 8000 ­ 9480
Electricity 860

Biomass
Agricultural residues
Paddy straw 3000
Rice husk 3040
Mango leaves 3390
Groundnut 4200
Sugarcane 3800
Wheaat straw 3800
Cotton stalks 4700
Maize stalks 3500
Maize cobs 3850
Bajra stalks 3950
Gram straw 3810
Masoor straw 3980
Moong straw

Forestry residues
Wood wastes 2500 ­ 3850
Bark 2500 ­ 2850 

Animal wastes
Cowdung 3290
Cowdung cake 3140
auseful heating values for various grades of coal are given inthe section on Energy Supply

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