calorific value

American  

noun

1. the amount of heat released by a unit weight or unit volume of a substance during complete combustion.

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calorific value British  

noun

1. the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram

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Example Sentences

Ten years ago, we were the first brand to make transparent the calorific value of our food, and then everybody followed.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Due to its low calorific value, burning garbage to produce energy is highly inefficient.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2010

These analyses are made by means of calorimeters which give the calorific value either at a constant pressure or at a constant volume.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

Here are interesting facts, yet few housewives are acquainted with them: Fat contains more than twice the amount of energy-yielding power or calorific value of proteids or carbohydrates.

From The Story of Crisco by Neil, Marion Harris

As will appear in Chapter X., the average of actual determinations of the calorific value of ordinary acetylene is 363 large calories or 1440 B.Th.U. per cubic foot.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)