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Wight Heat Briquettes are made from 100% clean wood waste, nothing added.

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Typical calorific values of biomass vs fuel

Fuel
Moisture
kWh
/kg
kcal
/kg
Weight
kg/m3
kg =
1liter fuel
Briquettes 20% 4,9 4,214 660 2,03
Forest wood chip dry 40% 2,89 2,511 240 3,44
Forest wood chip fresh 55% 2 1,72 310 4,98
Miscanthus 10% 4,4 3,78 140 2,26
Rapeseed 9% 6,83 5,87 700 1,46
Sawdust 6% 4,2 3,629 160 2,36
Wheat Straw 15% 4 3,44 100 2,49
Wood chip 20% 4,22 3,629 175 2,36
Wood granulate 8% 4,44 3,81 600 2,24
Woodlogs ash  45% 2,61 2,245 650 3,81
Woodlogs ash dry 20% 4,08 3,509 400 2,44
Coal 10% 7 6,02 750 1,36
Fuel gasoil 11,8 11,2 840 0,84
Natural gas 10,83> 9,314< 0 0
Energy data for selected agricultural by-products. Source Biofuels b2b.

Calorific values of fuel

Fuel
Energy density by mass
GJ/tonne
Energy density by mass
kWh/kg
Bulk density
kg/m3
Energy density by volume
MJ/m3
Energy density by volume
kWh/m3
Wood chips
(30% MC)
12.6
3.5
250
3,200
880
Log wood (stacked - air dry: 20% MC)
14.7
4.1
350-500
5,200-7,400
1,400-2,000
Wood (solid - oven dry)
19
5.3
400-600
7,600-11,400
2,100-3,200
Wood pellets
17-18
4.7-5.0
600-700
10,800-12,600
3,000-3,500
Miscanthus
(bale - 25% MC)
13
3.6
140-180
1,800-2,300
500-650
House coal
27-31
7.5-8.6
850
25,500-25,400
7,100-7,300
Anthracite
33
9.2
1,100
36,300
10,100
Heating oil
42.5
11.8
845
36,000
10,000
Natural gas (NTP)
54
15
0.7
39.0
10.8
LPG
49.7
13.8
510
25,300
7,000
 

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