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Hydrogen data

Lower heating value

3
3.00 kWh/Nm
2.359 kWh/l LH2

3
10.8 MJ/Nm
8.459 MJ/l LH2

Higher heating value

33.33 kWh/kg
3
3.54 kWh/Nm
2.790 kWh/l LH2

120 MJ/kg
3
12.75 MJ/Nm
10.04 MJ/l LH2

39.41 kWh/kg

141.86 MJ/kg

0.0899 kg/Nm3
20.390 K
3
11.361 kWh/Nm

Density
Boiling point (0.1013 Mpa)
Lower Wobbe index

Higher Wobbe index


Specific heat capacity cp

13.428 kWh/Nm
14.199 kJ/kg/K

Specific heat capacity cv

10.074 kJ/kg/K

Explosion limits in air


Detonation limits in air

4.0
18.3

Diffusion coefficient

0.61 cm /s

70.79 kg/m3LH2
3
40.898 MJ/Nm
3
40.340 MJ/Nm

75.0 % by volume
59.0 % by volume

The energy content of 1 Nm 3 hydrogen is equivalent to 0.34 l gasoline, 1 l liquid hydrogen is equivalent
to 0.27 l gasoline, 1 kg hydrogen is equivalent to 2.75 kg gasoline (based on the lower heating value).

Compressibility factor (273.15K)


Pressure (MPa)
Compressibility factor
Pressure (MPa)
Compressibility factor
Pressure (MPa)
Compressibility factor

0.1013
1
25
1.166
60
1.416

5
1.032
30
1.201
70
1.489

10
1.065
35
1.236
80
1.560

15
1.098
40
1.272
90
1.632

Fuel data (lower heating value)


kWh/Nm3

Hydrogen
Crude oil
Diesel
Gasoline
Methanol

3.00
1
10
8.8
4.44

Methane
Natural gas (82% CH 4)

9.97 kWh/Nm3
8.8 kWh/Nm3
10.4 kWh/Nm3

Natural gas (93% CH 4)


Propane
Butane
Town gas*

LH2: 100% para hydrogen

kWh/kg
kWh/kg
kWh/kg
kWh/kg
kWh/kg
13.9 kWh/kg
10.6 kWh/kg

33.33
11.6
11.9
12.0
5.47

13.1 kWh/kg

25.89 kWh/Nm
34.39 kWh/Nm3

12.88 kWh/kg

7.57 kWh/kg

4.54 kWh/Nm

*(51 %vol H2; 18 %vol CO; 19 %vol CH4; 2%vol CnHm; 4 %vol CO2; 6 %vol N2)
normal conditions: 273.15K; 0.1013MPa

toe/t
kWh/l
kWh/l
kWh/l

12.7 kWh/kg

20
1.132
50
1.344
100
1.702

Conversion factors
Energy
from

into

multiply by

MJ
toe
BTU
kWh
toe
BTU

kWh
kWh
kWh
MJ
MJ
MJ

0.2778
11630
2.931E-04
3.6
41868
0.001055

kWh
MJ
toe
kWh
MJ
BTU

BTU
BTU
BTU
toe
toe
toe

3412
947.9
3.97E+07
8.60E-05
2.388E-05
2.519E-08

Mpa
Mpa
psi
psi
bar
bar

0.1
0.006895
145
14.5
10
0.06895

Pressure
bar
psi
Mpa
bar
Mpa
psi

Volume
sfc (288.7K; 0.1013MPa)

Nm3 (normal conditions)

0.0268

Nm3 (normal conditions)

sfc (288.7K; 0.1013MPa)

37.33

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