CALORIFIC VALUE OF FUELS USED IN ENTERPRISES OF THE USSR PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFOrTMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
SU BJECT Economic -Petroleum
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Energeticheskiy~ Byulleten?, No 5~ 1950.
CAIARIFIC VALUE OF FUELS USED IN ENTERPRISES
OF THE USSR PEPROLEUM INDUSTRY
The majority of enterprises of the USSR petroleum industry use predominantly
liquid fuel, boiler mazuts, cracking residues, and straight=run.~mazutsy yh~1~i.
natural and manufactured gae play a less important role in the total fuel consump-
tion. To convert these natural fuels to standard fuel, one must first of all
determine the calorific value bf the fuel in question. The calorific value can be
calculated theoretically in the absence of reliable experimental data. Using the
Mendelezev formula, the calorific value of 13quid fuels can be reliably obtained:
Qp = S1C + 300H - 26(0 - S) - 6(9H + W) calories kilogram,
where Qp ie the calorific value; C, H, 0, and S the constituent elements of the
fuel given in percent by weight, and W the moisture content, also in percent by
weight. Error in determining the calorific value by this formula does not ususily
exceed one percent.
Later, Kreg proposed a simpler formula for determining;.the~~alorific~:~caslu~ofor
liquid value. This calculation required knowledge of only the specific gravity and
the water content of the fuel:
Qp =12,400 - 2,1004.2 - So.IFSH calories/kilogram,
where d is the specific gravity at 15 degrees centigrade and H equals 25-154 (the
formulae for ash- and water-free fuel).
The formula for fuel containing water is
Qp(containing water) =Qp(water-free) - 0.01~;:(~~er-freel)'x
.. ,. j.. r,... cu!. ~r~ucj.: .. ~i~~..:lA~
x W - 5.58W calories kilogram,
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where W is the percent of water content oP the fuel. According to information
of the Thermal Technical Institute, the percentage error for fuels for straight-
run mazuts, cracking mazuts, motor fuels, and oils ranged only from 0.1 to 1.0.
The calorific value for gas fuels can be obtained by the following generally
accepted formula:
In this formula, Qpl, Qp2, etc., represent the calorific value of separate com-
ponents and the second factors constitute the component gases in volume percent
In this case, knowledge of the composition and specific gravity of the gases is
necessary,
To facilitate the conversion to standard iLel in the absence of experimental
data, the approximate calorific value for the majority of liquid fuels usually
consumed in enterprises of the petroleum industry is given in Table 1. Tables
2-7 give the calorific value for the majority of gases used as fuel in individual
enterprises. But, because of the instability of the various components of natural
gas, these figures must only be used in cases when reliable data on the elementary
composition of the gas and its specific gravity are available. Table 8 gives data
on solid fuel. Because of the absence of experimental data, the calorific value
for straight-run mazut has been determined theoretically by using the formula pre-
viously mentioned.
To further facilitate the conversion to standard fuel, it would be expedient
to conceive of standard fuel as possessing a calorific value of 10,000 calories
per kilogram instead of the present 7,000 calories. However, such a change would
require a governmental decree.
Type
Calorific
Valu
l/k
e ca
g)
Boiler fuel mazuts (slight sulfur content)
Mazut, Type 10
9,980
Mazut, Type 20
9,870
Mazut, Type 40
9,750
Mazut, Type 60
9,720
Mazut, Type 80
9,660
Boiler fuel mazuts (sulfur content 1-4~)
Mazut, Type 10
9,760
Mazut, Type 20
9,690
Mazut, Type 40
9,620
Fleet mazut
9,820
Cracking mazut
'
.
9,730
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T-~
Calorific
Value (cal~k
)
Straight-run mazuts (water-free)
Straight-run mazuts from Groznyy petroleums
g
Groznyy nonparaffin petroleums (sp gr 0.946)
9,$30
Groznyy paraffin petroleums (sp gr 0.914) ~
9,985
Mal:~bek heavy petroleums (sp gr 0.934)
9,950
Malgobek light petroleums (sp gr 0.953)
y,875
Straight-run mazuts from Baku petroleums
Kala petroleums (sp gr 0.924)
9990
Surakhany paraffin petroleums (sp gr 0.907)
10,050
Surakhany choice petroleums (sp gr 0.893)
10,080
Kara-Chukhurskiy petroleums (ap gr 0,886)
10 100
Bibi-Eybatskiy light petroleums (ep gr 0.932)
9,950
Bibi-Eybatskiy heavy petroleums (sp gr 0.938)
9,930
Kergez petroleums (sp gr 0.958)
9,870
Ramaninskiy paraffin petroleums (sp gr 0.903)
10,045
Balakhany heavy petroleums (sp gr 0.944)
9,915
Binagady petroleums (sp gr 0,942)
9,925
Groznyy gas oil
10,175
Baku gas oil
10,175
Motor fuel
9,820
Straight-run gasolines
10,450
Tractor kerosene
10,260
Solar oil
10,175
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Character- Z7neni Imeni
istics of Lenin- Ordzhon- Kagan- Stalin-
Gases skit' ikidze ovich Kale sk~_ ftefte-Gala
Content in
vol percent
cH4
93.38
89.77
94.36
97.11
90.88
87.40
c2s6
.0.06
0.16
0.85
2.51
3.00
3.74
c3a8
0.03
0.13
0.81
-
0.45
2.60
c4$lo
0.23
0.28
0.35
-
1.37
2.25,
Other gases
of methane
series
0.68
1.26
0.73
0.37
2.00
1.21
H2
-
-
-
-
0.95
-
co2
5.60
8.40
2.90
-
1.35
2.80
Air
-
_
_
Gasoline
content of
1 cu m of ?
gas (in gr) 28.00 52.10
Calorific
:value. of
dry gas
cal/cu m 7,615 7,560
cal/kg 9,400 8,750
26.50 15.78 65.90
10,100 10,700 10,200 10,000
-4-
coftFID~?=nL
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Table 3. Natural Gas of the Groznyy Petroleum Region
Character-
istics of
Gases
Station
at Plant
No 4
Station
at Plant
No 4
Station
at Plant
No 2
Gas from
Seam XXI
At Plant
No 2
Solenaya
Balka
Gas
Station
at Plant
No 1
From Bore
H
l
o
es
Content is
tColume percent
CH4
39.8
43
43
50.6
58.0
54.7
70.9
75.2
02H6
9.5
9.7
7.6
10.8
7.0
7.4
7.1
6.0
c3Bg
19.0
19.4
17.4
13.5
18.9
15.7
9.0
8.0
n-C4H10
?
(normal)
6.1
17.3
7.5
14.8
3.9
13.7
7.0
5.7
i-C4H G
(iso}
12.3
-
9.2
-
10.1
-
_
_
C5H12 and
'other gases
'in~series
13.3
10.6
15.3
10.9
-_
8.5
6.0
5.1
Sp gr at
15? C and
'.76.0 mm.
1.66
1.58
1.65
.1.48
1.17
1.44
1.14
1.07
Calorific
value of
dry gas
'Cal/normal
cu,m
17,660
16,750
17,560
15,740
12,980
15,060
12,200
11
580
cal/xg
lo,looc
10,100
lo,loo~
10,100
10,500
10,000
10,200
,
10,300
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Table 4.'^; Hatural;:GaaroY P.etrol'eum:.oRlWeatern'..Ukbaine~.' ~:ri::c
Borislav
Dashava
83.0
97.9
10.9
0.7
4.8
0.2
1.1
o.l
0.83 0.70
Table 5~.~. cNatural Gae .~of Dagestan.: (Dag~Ogni~ Deposit:.: nu::.i. c
Characteristics
~' Gases
Content in
vol percent
ft2 attd
other gases
Characteristics
o$.e Gases
Content in
vol percex{t
CH4
Heavq unsstu-
rated hydro-
carbons
Aul Khosh Menzil
Dag-Ogni
Natural
Outlet
Dag-Ogni
Gas Wells
Duzlak
87.9
88.2
92.1
90.2
0.4
None
None
None
2.5
7.5
7.0
4.10
ftone
None
None
0.1
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co~xns
iaTlAi.
Table 5 (Contd)
Characteristics
ofi Gases
Aul Khoah-Menzil
Dag-Ogni
Aatural
Outlet
Dag-og
Gas We
ni
lls
Duzlsl~
Content in
vol percent
CO
Hoae
1.7
0.4
1.6
N2
9.2
2.6
0.5
4.0
Sp gr at
15o and
'
760 mm
0.8
0.83
0.8
0.79
Calorific
value
Cal/normal
cu m
7,000
6,870
7,210
7,085
cal/xg
8,350
8,200
8,600
8,500
Content in
vol percent
Table 6. Natdral?Gas of Deposits in Eastern Regio~Ss:
Character--
Yablbnovyy", ;,, ,;
iatics of Gages, zy Iahimbay Bugurus].an ..~,Ovrag(Gully) Andizhea MolotoT
~4
40.2
c2a6
1g,7
C3H8
15.6
~4xg
5.4
04$10
5~0
c5$12
3.4
cot
0.2
a2s
_
R2
10:5
Sp ~r at
15 C and
76o mm
Calorific value
. ;_~,.
Ca3/normal'
42.4 71.0
22.2 7,0
18.3 4.0
4.0 _
2.2 3.0
1.9 1.5
1.4 l.o
4.6 2,5
4.0 , lo.o
`cdim~~, ?.,.i. 12,800 12,250 8,750
Cal/$g 9,000 8,200 8,250
46.0
67.1
29.6
10.2
14.4
12.1
6.9
5.2
11.3
3.0
-
2.3
1.8
2.3
X1.8
2.7
G,3
2.0
0.7
0.6
0.6
-
0.8
0.2
28.7
9.3
ko.l
1.19.
0.985
1.32
9,270
9,000
8,000
7,400
8,800
5,800
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Characteristics
of Gases
~~P~'Fy~~~~l ~ ~ ~~
Table 7.. Manufactured Gas
P~rroljrsis Gas Cracking Gas
Content is
vol percent
$2
15
~4
45
cpH4
17
~2H6
7
c3H~
g
c3H8 ~
1
~4g8
2.8
~4Hlo
Butadiene
Other gases of
0.2
1.5
Sp ~r at
15 C and
760 mm
Calorific
value
Table 8. Solid Fuel
Moisture'
Fuel Deposits
T e
Content ? ~
Donets coal
D
~
Donets coal
G
8
Donets coal
p~
6
Donets coal
.T
6
~
Donets coal
As
6
Danets coal
ASh
8
Cal normal
cu m
10,620
16,980
Cal~kg
11,000
lp,5pp'
Ash Con-
tent
19.8
14,7
18.8
17.0
13.2
20.0
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3T?
3.7
14.3
~?9
12.4
6.0
0.96 1.54
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Table 8 (Contd)
Fuel Deposits-
Donetp?cosl
Karaganda goal
Karaganda coal
Moscow Basin coal
Ural Kizel coal
T~
P~P
PZh~PS
Ural Kizel cosl p~p
Ural Bogoslovskiy coal
Ural Chelyabinsk coal
Bashkir Kuyurgazinskiy coal BR
Irkutsk Cheremkhovo coal D
Primorakiy Buchan coal
Khabarovsk El'genskiy coal
Khabarovsk Bureye coal
Ukrainian Aleksandreyskiy
coal
Georgian Tkvarcheli coal
Georgian Tkibuli coal
Leningrad Gdov shale
Kuybyshev Kashpirskiy shale
Saratov Savel'yevskiy shale
Coke fines, 15-25 mm
Coke fines, 0-15 mm
Lump peat
Milled peat
Hard wood
Soft wood
Ash Con-
tent (~~
Calorific value
(cal/kg)
41.8
3,850
26.0
5,230
15.0
3,650
?27.0
2,300
30.0
4,700
36.8
.4,150
25.0
2,700
24.3
3,700
17.8
1,940
15.0
5,300
21.0
5,450
13.8
2,550
27.6
4,950
15.8 1,500
32.9
26.4
13.0
46 +::.16.4
50.2 t 8.8
48 + ?10.8
,?11
16.4
6.6
5.5
4,600
4,470
3,750
2,000
1,550
1,500
5,600
5,000
2,550
2,000
2,900
2,980
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Moisture
Content
28
33
9
8
28
19
k6..