Its been written: > > Corn is 9,000BTU @ pound > > MH wrote: > > > CORN 1,000 BTU/POUND (56,000 BTU per bushel @ 56 pounds) > > WOOD 8,600 BTU/POUND > > Where did you get this from? The page you show here doesn't even have > corn > on it. It has corn cobs and stalks, not shelled corn.
I'm not sure where in the Worldww I read that! My apologies for providing misleading information. I see that 9k/BTU/pound is listed http://www.amaize-ingenergy.com/index.html but calculating the chart I get a range of 7500-8500 Anyway, it spurred my interest in Shelled Corn and found some additional info that could be of interest. Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences - "ENERGY ALTERNATIVES" http://energy.cas.psu.edu covers several topics. e.g. "EnergySelector -- is a user-friendly decision-aide to easily compare the heating values available from any two energy sources." "Heat Energy Content of Shelled Corn" -- based on bomb calorimeter studies - about 6800, wood - 8200. They discount moisture level-BTU mathematically. University of Minnesota - "Burning Shelled Corn to Produce Heat Energy" http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/energy/cornburners.html offer a formula for calculating fuel costs i.e. "Cost per million Btu = [$2.00/bu divide by (392,000 Btu/bu x 0.65 efficiency)] x 1,000,000" and mentions burner design and corn ash challenges. Ontario - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - "Burning Shelled Corn as a Heating Fuel" http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/93-023.htm "HEAT ENERGY OF ON-FARM FUEL SOURCES" and "HEAT CONTENT & HEATING EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS FUELS" Article; Backwoods Home Magazine - "I heat my house by burning corn" by Judith W. Monroe http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/monroe42.html "a farmer living in a small village 10 miles south of Munich in Bavaria." Heat with Wheat http://come.to/heat-with-wheat Photos of "Attempt - Does grain burn?" > > Bio - Units and Conversion Factors > > http://www.geog.umd.edu/homepage/courses/jboberg/units.htm > > "Typical Energy Content of Fossil and Biomass Fuels" > > Solid, Liquid and Gas ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/75YKVC/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
