The C-H-O Fuel Map

Submitted by Tom Miles on October 28, 2007 - 12:33

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The C-H-O Fuel Map
Thomas Reed, Biomass Energy Foundation, October 4, 2007

The attached diagram which shows the relationship of all fuels to their C-H-O content. I first developed this at SERI/NREL ~1980 and have been refining it ever since. It seems to draw a lot of chemistry together and make it understandable for the chemistry no-wanabes.

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