1 / 10

Measurement Units and Calorific Values Worldwide Consultation Results

This chapter presents the outcomes of the second worldwide consultation on measurement units and calorific values. It covers the introduction, types of measurement units, discussion on calorific values, and recommendations. Detailed discussions include original versus common units, the International System of Units (SI), fuelwood and biomass data, and default net calorific values. Recommendations for dissemination units are provided in tabular format. Feedback received from the consultation is summarized, highlighting issues identified for further expert opinions.

fmarcil
Download Presentation

Measurement Units and Calorific Values Worldwide Consultation Results

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Chapter 4 – Measurement units and conversion factors Results of the second worldwide consultation

  2. Chapter contents • Introduction (4%) • Measurement units (36%) • Calorific values (50%) • Recommendations (10%)

  3. A - Introduction • Original versus common units B - Measurement units • The International System of Units (SI) • Original units (mass, volume, energy) includes detailed discussion on energy units (Joule, Calorie, Btu, toe/tce, kWh…) • Commonunits C - Calorific values • Grossvs. net calorific values • Default vs. specific calorific values • Tables • Fuelwood and other biomass D - Recommendations

  4. Tables provided • Default net calorific values (NCV) for: - solid fossil fuels and derived products (Table 1) - natural gas and oil (Table 2) - biofuels and waste (Table 3) • Fuelwood - influence on moisture on NCV (Table 4) - volume/weight conversion table (Table 5) • Recommended units for dissemination (Table 6)

  5. Format of Table 1, 2 and 3 (calorific values for energy products)

  6. Fuelwood tables Table 3 Table 4

  7. Table 6 – Recommended units for dissemination

  8. Result of the WWC - summary Q.1: Do you overall agree with the contents of this chapter? Q.2: Do you overall agree with the recommendations provided in this chapter?

  9. WWC – comments received • 48 comments received • From the comments we have identified • 20 issues for which we need the opinion of the Expert Group; and • 11 straight-forward issues (editorial and other) for which the Expert Group is also invited to comment.

  10. Discussion A list of issues brought up by the respondents to the 2nd WWC has been prepared and presented to the Expert Group. Members of the expert group are invited to provide their opinions on the presented issues.

More Related