Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
41 APPENDIX C Fuel Properties Table C1 provides information on the properties of the fuels discussed in this report. TABLE C1 PROPERTIES OF FUELS IN THIS REPORT Fuel Type Fuel Material (Feedstocks) Gasoline/Diesel Gallon Equivalent Physical State Cetane Number Octane Number Gasoline (E10) Crude Oil 100% Liquid N/A 84-93 Low Sulfur Diesel Crude Oil 113% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline Liquid 40â55 N/A Biodiesel Fats and oils from sources such as soybeans, waste cooking oil, ani- mal fats, and rapeseed B100 has 103% of the energy in 1 gal of gasoline or 93% of the energy of 1 gal of diesel. B20 has 109% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline or 99% of the energy of 1 gal of diesel. Liquid 48â65 N/A Renewable Diesel Fats and oils from soybeans, waste cooking oil, animal fats, and rapeseed 1 gal of renewable diesel has 113% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline. Liquid 70 N/A CNG Underground reserves 5.66 lb or 123.57 cu ft of CNG has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of gas- oline. 6.38 lb or 139.30 cu ft of CNG has 100% of the energy con- tent of 1 gal of diesel. Compressed gas N/A 120+ Renewable Natural Gas Biogas 5.66 lb or 123.57 cu ft of renewable natural gas has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline. 6.38 lb or 139.30 cu ft of renewable natural gas has 100% of the energy content of 1 gal of diesel. Compressed gas N/A 120+ LNG Underground reserves 5.38 lb of LNG has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline and 6.06 lb of LNG has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of diesel. Cryogenic liquid N/A 120+ Propane/ LPG By-product of petroleum refining or natural gas processing 1 gal of propane has 73% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline. Pressurized liquid N/A 105 Hydrogen Natural gas or renewables 1 kg or 2.198 lb of hydrogen has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline. Compressed gas or liquid N/A 130+ Electricity Coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydro- electric, and wind and solar 33.70 kWh has 100% of the energy of 1 gal of gasoline. Electricity N/A N/A