btu per pound * pounds per gallon OK, it sounds as if you know the value of fuel in oil btu per pound.Now find out how much a gallon of fuel oil weighs and multiply the btu value x that weight in pounds and that is the value per gallon. Or simply, diesel fuel is #2 fuel oil which contains 140,000 btu per gallon.
To convert pounds to gallons for diesel fuel, you need to know the density. On average, 1 gallon of diesel fuel weighs about 7 pounds. Therefore, 207,538 pounds of diesel fuel would be approximately 29,648 gallons (207,538 pounds / 7 pounds per gallon).
Diesel fuel weighs 1 gallon
If you are asking about diesel fuel, one gallon of diesel fuel weighs about 7 pounds.That's the American gallon, a British gallon of diesel would weigh about 8 pounds.
One gallon of diesel fuel is equal to 139,200 BTU. The man who invented the compression-ignition engine was Rudolf Diesel. This is where diesel fuel gets its name.
I included to related links. It is about 7.1 pounds per gallon, so if you know the pounds, then multiply by 0.1408 to get gallons. This isn't exact, as diesel fuel will vary. One link suggests a good range is 7.1 to 7.3 pounds per gallon.
The density of petroleum diesel fuel is about 0.85 kilograms per litre (7.09 pounds per gallon).
Based on Type 2 diesel fuel, one Imperail gallon of fuel will weight 8.93 lbs
16 ounces of diesel makes a pound.
In 2001, the US national average price of a gallon of diesel fuel was $1.40 - equivalent to about $1.72 per gallon in 2010.
The weight of 1 US gallon of diesel fuel is approximately 7 pounds (3.15 kilograms).
Yes, diesel fuel is typically sold in the United States by the gallon at gas stations and other fueling stations.
You can convert a petrol engine into a diesel engine by changing the fuel injectors. The fuel filters will also need to be changed.