Fuel

Gallon Gasoline Equivalent

BTUs/Unit

Gasoline (regular unleaded)[1]

1 US gallon

114,100 BTU/gallon

Gasoline (10% MBTE)[2]

1.02 US gallon

112,000 BTU/gallon

Diesel #2[1]

0.88 US gallons

129,500 BTU/gallon

Biodiesel (B100)[1]

0.96 US gallons

118,300 BTU/gallon

Bio Diesel (B20)[1]

0.90 US gallons

127,250 BTU/gallon

Liquid natural gas (LNG)[1]

1.52 US gallons

75,000 BTU/gallon

Compressed natural gas (CNG)[1]

126.67 cu. ft

900 BTU/cu. ft

Hydrogen at Atmospheric Pressure

357.37 cu. ft

319 BTU/cu. ft[3]

Liquid hydrogen

data needed

data needed

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)[1]

1.35 US gallons

84,300 BTU/gallon

Methanol fuel (M100)[1]

2.01 US gallons

56,800 BTU/gallon

Ethanol fuel (E100)[1]

1.500 US gallons

76,100 BTU/gallon

Ethanol (E85)[1]

1.39 US gallons

81,800 BTU/gallon

Ethanol 10%

data needed

data needed

Jet fuel (naphtha)[4]

0.97 US gallons

118,700 BTU/gal

Jet fuel (kerosene)[4]

0.90 US gallons

128,100 BTU/gal

Electricity[1]

33.56 Kilowatt hours

3,400 BTU/Kwh

Common Units

gigacalories per second

2.342571 *10-06

kilocalories per second

2.342571

calories per second

2342.571

gigacalories per hour

0.008433254

kilocalories per hour

8433.254

calories per hour

8433254

horsepower, electric

13.14726

horsepower

13.15258

horsepower, metric

13.33498

kilogram-force meter per second

1000.125

joule per second

9807.874

joule per hour

3.530835 *10+07

erg per second

9.807874 *10+10

British and American

British Thermal Unit per second

9.296035

British Thermal Unit per minute

557.7621

British Thermal Unit per hour

33465.72

foot pound-force per second

7233.917