AndyMA
Elite Member
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2000
- Messages
- 3,652
- Location
- Windham County, Conn
- Tractor
- Ford 2120 , Kubota MX5200 , Deere X748SE. 1956 Economy Tractor
Gas tractors use 50% more fuel per hp
jb
- Gasoline: US gallon = 115,000 Btu = 121 MJ = 32 MJ/liter (LHV). HHV = 125,000 Btu/gallon = 132 MJ/gallon = 35 MJ/liter
- Metric tonne gasoline = 8.53 barrels = 1356 liter = 43.5 GJ/t (LHV); 47.3 GJ/t (HHV)
- gasoline density (average) = 0.73 g/ml ( = metric tonnes/m3)
- Petro-diesel = 130,500 Btu/gallon (36.4 MJ/liter or 42.8 GJ/t)
- petro-diesel density (average) = 0.84 g/ml ( = metric tonnes/m3)
- 13.4 % more energy in a gallon of diesel than gas