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Types of Gaseous Fuel and Oxidizer |
Sl. No. |
Fuel |
Oxidizer |
Application |
1 |
LPG |
Air/O2 |
Domestic Burner, Furnace |
2 |
Natural Gas (NG) |
Air/O2 |
IC Engines, Furnaces |
3 |
Producer Gas |
Air/O2 |
EC/IC Engines |
4 |
CH4, C3H8, H2 |
Air/O2 |
EC/IC Engines |
5 |
Biogas |
Air/O2 |
EC/IC Engines, Burners |
6 |
Acetylene |
Air/O2 |
Gas welding, Gas cutting |
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Composition of Some Gaseous Fuels
Fuel |
CO2 |
O2 |
N2 |
CO |
H2 |
CH4 |
C2H6 |
C3H8 |
C4H10 |
LPG |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
70 |
30 |
Natural Gas |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
90 |
5 |
- |
- |
Producer Gas |
8 |
0.1 |
50 |
23.2 |
17.7 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
Propane |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2.2 |
97.3 |
0.5 |
Biogas |
33 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
65 |
- |
- |
- |
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