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Heat Rate and Specific Fuel Consumption

This document defines heat rate and specific fuel consumption, two important metrics for measuring fuel efficiency. Heat rate is the amount of heat energy added per unit of power output. Specific fuel consumption is the mass of fuel required per unit of power output. Both can be expressed in terms of thermal efficiency and the heat of combustion of the fuel. Calculating specific fuel consumption involves dividing heat rate by the heat of combustion of the fuel.

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Heat Rate and Specific Fuel Consumption

This document defines heat rate and specific fuel consumption, two important metrics for measuring fuel efficiency. Heat rate is the amount of heat energy added per unit of power output. Specific fuel consumption is the mass of fuel required per unit of power output. Both can be expressed in terms of thermal efficiency and the heat of combustion of the fuel. Calculating specific fuel consumption involves dividing heat rate by the heat of combustion of the fuel.

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HEAT RATE AND SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION

Heat Rate (HR) - the rate at which heat energy is added per unit time divided by the power output

Btu / kWh

or

(Btu/hph).
HR

Q& Btu
Q& Btu

W& kWh W& hph

Let th be the thermal efficiency of the device in question. If we input (3414) Btu /h, we will produce (1)
th kW of power; similarly, (2545) Btu/h will produce (1) th hp of power; therefore, the heat rate may be
expressed as:

HR

3414
th

Btu 2545 Btu

kWh
th hph

Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) - the mass of fuel required per hour per kilowatt or per horsepower.

SFC
Let

m& lbm
m& lbm

W& kWh W& hph

hc absolute value of the heat of combustion or the lower heating value (LHV) of the fuel (kJ/kg) or

(Btu/lbm ). We can then divide the HR by

SFC

hc to get SFC; thus:

3414

2545 lbm
lbm

th hc kWh th hc hph

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