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Gas Stove: Wobbe Number, Calorific Value, Heat of Combustion, & Conversion Factor (11.542 kWh/m3)

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  • #1 16825111
    Adamcyn
    Level 38  
    I got a little lost reading about:

    the lower Wobbe index when the calorific value is taken as its calorific value;
    the upper Wobbe index when its calorific value is taken as its heat of combustion.


    On my PINIG account I have a conversion factor of 11.542 kWh / m3

    Below are the results of gas quality analyzes in the area of Wielkopolska Spółka Gazownictwa.

    Wobbe number higher than heat of combustion ???
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    #2 16828630
    likl
    Level 10  
    Hello

    I am not a gas boiler service technician (I also need help in this regard - luckily there is a person on this forum who has been helping me recently), but I think I can provide some useful information on this topic.
    The settings for gas boilers are given for the furnace expressed as Upper Wobbe Number in units of energy per unit volume, ie [kWh / m3].

    The Wobbe number was defined in order to be able to compare the energy produced by different fuels with each other (therefore we now have settlements not in m3, but in kWh).
    The relationship between the Upper Wobbe Number ( GLW ) and the heat of combustion ( Cs ) as defined is as follows:

    Upper Wobbe Index = (Heat of combustion) / ? (relative gas density)

    where relative gas density = (gas_density) / (air_density)

    We know that the gas density
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  • #3 16829803
    Adamcyn
    Level 38  
    Thank you very much.
    It is worth adding that the assumed air density was 1.293 kg / m3
  • #4 16830482
    likl
    Level 10  
    Hello

    Finally, it is worth adding that what we all have on the invoice and what we pay for, and at the same time we like the least, is the heat of combustion, expressed in [kWh], of gas supplied in a given settlement period.
    Summarizing all considerations:

    If we have the output heat of combustion Cs in [kWh / m3], we obtain the upper Wobbe number after conversion GLW , which is roughly the following formula:

    Cs (we pay for it) -> GLW (we use for boiler settings)

    best regards
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