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Average Heat Content of Selected Biomass Fuels                                          
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Table 1.10.   Average Heat Content of Selected Biomass Fuels
Fuel Type Heat Content Units
Agricultural Byproducts 8.248 Million Btu/Short Ton
Biodiesel 5.359 Million Btu/Barrel
Black Liquor 11.758 Million Btu/Short Ton
Digester Gas 0.619 Million Btu/Thousand Cubic Feet
Ethanol 3.539 Million Btu/Barrel
Landfill Gas 0.490 Million Btu/Thousand Cubic Feet
MSW Biogenic 9.696 Million Btu/Short Ton
Methane 0.841 Million Btu/Thousand Cubic Feet
Paper Pellets 13.029 Million Btu/Short Ton
Peat 8.000 Million Btu/Short Ton
Railroad Ties 12.618 Million Btu/Short Ton
Sludge Waste 7.512 Million Btu/Short Ton
Sludge Wood 10.071 Million Btu/Short Ton
Solid Byproducts 25.830 Million Btu/Short Ton
Spent Sulfite Liquor 12.720 Million Btu/Short Ton
Utility Poles 12.500 Million Btu/Short Ton
Waste Alcohol 3.800 Million Btu/Barrel
Wood/Wood Waste 9.961 Million Btu/Short Ton
MSW=Municipal Solid Waste.
Note: For detailed characteristics of biomass feedstocks, see the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, website here: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/for_researchers.html .
Sources: Biodiesel and ethanol: Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review October 2007, DOE/EIA-0035 (2007/10) (Washington, DC, October 2007), Table A3; MSW Biogenic: Energy Information Administration, Methodology for Allocating Municipal Solid Waste to Biogenic and Non-Biogenic Energy (Washington, DC, May 2007); and all other fuel types: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860B (1999), "Annual Electric Generator Report - Nonutility 1999."