From the Joint ITTO/UNECE/ FAO/EUROSTAT Joint Forest SectorSurvey Guidelines
Equivalent of Forest Measures |
Solid volumes without barks | |
|
cu m |
cu ft |
1 Stere Fuelwood |
0.65 |
23 |
1 Corde |
2.12 |
74.9 |
1000 stacked cubic feet (cu ft) |
18.41 |
650 |
Weight and Volume (Densities) | |||||||||
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kg/cu m |
Cu m/mt |
kg/mt | ||||||
Product |
G |
C |
NC |
G |
C |
NC |
G |
C |
NC |
Fuelwood |
725 |
625 |
750 |
1.38 |
1.60 |
1.33 |
1001 |
1000 |
998 |
Wood Charcoal |
167 |
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G – General; C – Coniferous; NC - Non-coniferous
Fuelwood Conversion Factors |
PJ/mt |
Cu m/mt |
PJ/cu m |
GJ/cu m |
|
1E-05 |
1.38 |
0.01 |
9.40 |
Note: From the ITTO/UNECE/FAO/EUROSTATJoint Forest Sector Questionnaire – Conversion Factors for Measurement of Forest Products – Fuelwood and Charcoal Energy Equivalents (Wood at 20–30 mc) | ||||
Energy Equivalents |
mtce |
Giga Joules |
Giga Calories |
toe |
1mt Anthracite |
1.0 |
31.4 |
7.0 |
0.70 |
1 mt Charcoal |
0.99 |
28.9 |
6.9 |
0.69 |
1 mt Wood (20–40 mc) |
0.50 |
14.30 |
3.50 |
0.35 |
1 mt Wood (Green) |
0.35 |
10.00 |
2.50 |
0.25 |
1 cu m Fuelwood (Solid 20–30% mc) |
0.33 |
9.40 |
2.60 |
0.26 |
1 cu m Fuelwood (Solid 0% mc) |
0.43 |
14.00 |
3.40 |
0.34 |
1 cu m Fuelwood (Solid Green) |
|
7.20 |
1.80 |
0.18 |
1 cu m Fuelwood (piled) |
0.18 |
5.00 |
1.20 |
0.12 |
1 mt Bagasse (30% mc) |
0.50 |
14.30 |
3.50 |
0.35 |
1 mt Dung Cakes |
0.30 |
8.60 |
2.10 |
0.21 |
1 mt Ethyl Alcohol |
0.94 |
27.60 |
6.60 |
0.66 |
1 mt Sawdust |
0.39 |
11.10 |
2.70 |
0.27 |
1mt Anthracite |
1.00 |
31.40 |
7.00 |
0.70 |
1 mt Coal |
1.00 |
31.40 |
7.00 |
0.70 |
1mt Lignite |
0.67 |
21.60 |
4.80 |
0.48 |
1 mt Coke (BR) |
0.81 |
28.50 |
7.00 |
0.70 |
1 mt Gasoline |
1.50 |
44.00 |
10.50 |
1.05 |
1 mt Crude Oil |
1.46 |
42.70 |
10.20 |
1.00 |
Notes: 1 mt crude oil = 7.30 bb(barrels) mtce = Metric ton coal equivalent.
1 mtce = 0.68 crude oil toe - Metric ton oil equivalent.
1 mtce = 5 bbl crude oil.
1 cu m fuelwood (0.33) = 1.6 bb Crude oil mt = metric ton.
mtce -= metric ton coal equivalent.
mtoe = metric ton oil equivalent.
cu m = cubic metre.
mc = moisture content.
mt = metric ton.
bb = barrels