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.
140,000 btu/gallon, nominal
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.
140,000
No. 6 fuel oil has a combustion value of 151,300 - 155,900 Btu/US gallon.
#2 fuel oil = 140,000 btu/gallon. Psi does not matter.
approx. 140,000
A gallon of jet fuel supplies 126,000 BTU. So...a million BTU is less than 8 gallons.
Coleman fuel, also known as white gas, contains around 21,000 BTUs per gallon. This makes it a relatively high-energy fuel source for camping stoves and lanterns.
114,000 BTU/gallon
Diesel will always give you better fuel mileage as diesel fuel itself contains more BTU (the measure of thermal energy) in a given quantity than compared to gas.So therefore a diesel engine can extract more mileage out of a gallon of diesel fuel as there is more energy to extract out of that gallon as compared to a gallon of gas.Considering this, this is why diesel fuel prices would have to rise considerably over gas before the two would be equal on a cost per mile basis.
The number of BTU's per gallon of oil depends on the type of oil, of which there are many different kinds for different uses. The links, below, offer guidance in converting such values. Use your favorite web search engine to find conversions for specific oils, per the following examples: convert gallon of diesel fuel #1 to BTU convert gallon of home heating oil to BTU
114100 Btu