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Calorific Value: Determining The Calorific Value of Using A Bomb Calorimeter

There are two types of calorific values for liquid fuels: high and low. The high calorific value is determined when the water produced during combustion is condensed, releasing latent heat. The low calorific value accounts for water vapor escaping without condensing. A bomb calorimeter can be used to directly measure the calorific value of a fuel sample through controlled combustion in a sealed chamber. It works by measuring the temperature increase of the surrounding water, which is used to calculate the heat released by the fuel.

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Calorific Value: Determining The Calorific Value of Using A Bomb Calorimeter

There are two types of calorific values for liquid fuels: high and low. The high calorific value is determined when the water produced during combustion is condensed, releasing latent heat. The low calorific value accounts for water vapor escaping without condensing. A bomb calorimeter can be used to directly measure the calorific value of a fuel sample through controlled combustion in a sealed chamber. It works by measuring the temperature increase of the surrounding water, which is used to calculate the heat released by the fuel.

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Calorific Value

-Besides the enthalpy of combustion, another important property of liquid fuels is its calorific value.
The calorific value is defined as the number of heat released when a unit of the liquid fuel is burnt
completely in air or oxygen

-The calorific value of fuel identifies the efficieny of fuel in producing energy

With fuels containing hydrogen , two calorific values is determined

High calorific value


Also known as gross calorific value

It is defined as the maximum amount of heat released when a unit quantity of fuel is burnt completely
in air and the combustion products are cooled to a room temperature.

When a fuel containing hydrogen is burnt, the hydrogen is converted to stream. If the combustion
process are cooled to room temperature, the steam is condensed into water and latent heat is
evolved thus resulting to a high calorific value

-A goof fuel possess a high calorific value

Low calorific Value


It is defined the amount of heat released when a unit quantity of fuel is burnt completely in air and
the products of combustion are let off in the atmosphere.

In a normal working conditions, water vapour is produced during the combustion process are not
condensed and escaped along with the hot gases, thereby a lesser amount of heat is available
resulting to a low calorific value.

Determining the calorific value of using a bomb calorimeter

The Bomb Calorimeter was used to measure the cross calorific value of the solid and liquid samples. It
is a constant-volume type calorimeter that measures the heat of a particular reaction or measures the
calorific value of the fuels. Bomb calorimeters are built in such a way that they can withstand the
large pressure produced within the calorimeter due to the reaction or burning of fuel.The calorific
value of non-volatile fuels may be determined in bomb calorimeter in the same manner as with solid
fuels. The liquid fuel is weighed in the crucible and ignition is affected by a cotton thread attached to
the platinum ignition wire and dipping in the sample.

Let C be the calorific value of fuel in calories, M be the water taken in gm, m be the water equivalent
of the container in gm, θ°C be the corrected rise in temperature of the water and container and x be
the mass of fuel burnt in gm.

Then heat given by the fuel = x × C

Heat taken by the water = θ (M + m) C,

where C is the specific heat of water.

High Calorific Value = c x θ ( M + m)


X
Low Calorific Value = HCV - (0.09 H x 587)

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