No. 6 fuel oil has a combustion value of 151,300 - 155,900 Btu/US gallon.
140,000 btu/gallon, nominal
#2 fuel oil = 140,000 btu/gallon. Psi does not matter.
approx. 140,000
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.
A gallon of jet fuel supplies 126,000 BTU. So...a million BTU is less than 8 gallons.
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.
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
114100 Btu
For regular gasoline, 125,000 BTU per US gallon
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
In a gallon of gasoline, there is approximately 124,884 btu. BTU refers to British thermal unit. It is actually a traditional unit.