Properties of common fuels

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Fuel	Energy density	Air-fuel ratio	Specific energy	Heat of vaporization	RON	MON
Gasoline	32 MJ/l	14.6	2.9 MJ/kg air	0.36 MJ/kg	91–99	81–89
Butanol	29.2 MJ/l	11.2	3.2 MJ/kg air	0.43 MJ/kg	96	78
Ethanol	19.6 MJ/l	9.0	3.0 MJ/kg air	0.92 MJ/kg	130	96
Methanol	16 MJ/l	6.5	3.1 MJ/kg air	1.2 MJ/kg	136	104

	Types of bioenergy	edit
Gases: Biopropane \| Biogas \| Synthetic natural gas \| Syngas Liquids: Biodiesel \| Biobutanol \| Biogasoline \| Biokerosene \| Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) \| Dimethyl ether (DME) ETBE \| Ethanol \| Methanol \| Pure plant oil (PPO) \| Pyrolysis oil \| Synthetic Natural Gas Solids: Biomass pellets \| Char/Charcoal \| Wood

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