K.5 Principles of calculation
K.5.1 Fuel parameters
Fuel CO
2 max
O
2 base
Kgr K
net
K
1
H MH2O Qgr Q
net
Natural Gas 11,90 3,00% 0,35% 0,39 40,00 24,4 0 53,42 48,16
Light Oil 15,50 3,00% 0,48% 0,51 53,00 13 0 45,6 42,8
Heavy Oil 15,80 3,00% 0,51% 0,51 54,00 11,5 0,2 42,9 40,5
Coal 18,40 7,00% 0,62% 0,65 63,00 4 13 26,75 25,5
Anthracit 19,10 7,00% 0,67% 0,69 65,00 3 12 29,65 28,95
Coke 20,60 7,00% 0,75% 0,76 70,00 0,4 10 27,9 27,45
Propane 13,80 3,00% 0,42% 0,45 48,00 18,2 0 50 46,3
Butan 4,10 3,00% 0,43% 0,46 48,00 17,2 0 49,3 45,8
Test gas 0,00 0,00% 0,00% 0,00 0,00 0 0 0 0
Diesel 15,60 3,00% 0,49% 0,53 53,00 12,9 0 44,62 41,8
Petrol 15,10 3,00% 0,46% 0,49 51,00 14,2 0 45,1 42,02
K.5.2 Calculation formulae
Carbon dioxide: CO2 =
CO
2max
x (O
2base
- O2)
O
2base
C0
2max
: Fuel-specifi c
carbon dioxide value
O
2base:
O2 reference value
O
2
: Measured oxygen
content as %
Effi ciency referred to Gross Effi ciency:
Effg = 100 -
(
(
Kgr x (FT - AT)
CO
2
) + (
(MH2O + 9 x H) x (2488 + 2.1 x FT - 4.2 x AT)
Q
gr
x 1000
) + (
K1 x CO
CO
2
+ CO
)
)
Effi ciency referred to Nett Effi ciency:
Effn= 100 -
(
(
K
net
x (FT - AT)
CO
2
) + (
(MH2O + 9 x H) x (210 + 2.1 x FT - 4.2 x AT)
Q
net
x 1000
) + (
K1 x Qgr x CO
Q
net
x (CO2 + CO)
)
)
Kgr/Knet/Qgr/Qnet/K1/MH2O/H:
Fuel-specifi c factors
FT: Flue gas temperature
AT: Ambient temperature
CO: Measured carbon monoxide
value in %
CO
2
: Calculated carbon dioxide
value in %
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