Model to measure energy in a fuel

Measuring energy in a fuel

The device used to measure energy
in a fuel is called a calorimeter.
Experiment:
Aim: Designing a model to measure
the energy in a fuel
Requirements: Mayonaise bottle (as
spirit lamp), beaker, water, wooden
clamp and stand, thermometer
(0.1), plastic lid, kerosene (in place
of spirit), cut off container (as
draught shield), piece of cloth (as
wick)
Set-up:
Clamp
and
stand
lid
kerosene
Mayonaise bottle (as burner)
Water
Flame
Piece of
clot
!eaker (as Calorimeter)
"ermometer
Cut off container
Procedure:
- Pour an amount of water (e.g. 100cm
3
) into
the beaker and record its temerature.
- !eigh the sirit burner containing the fuel
(kerosene in this case) and record its mass
- "ight the burner so that the burning fuel
heats the water.
- !hen the temerature has risen by about
10 #$ ut out the burner flame$ record the
temerature of the water and then reweigh
the burner and fuel immediately.
- The amount of fuel burnt is found by
subtracting the mass of the burner and fuel
after the e%eriment from the mass of the
burner and fuel before the e%eriment.
- The rise in temerature is found by
subtracting the temerature of the water at
the beginning of the e%eriment from the
temerature of the water at the end of the
e%eriment.
- The energy released by burning the mass
of the fuel is indicated by the rise in
temerature of water.
As an important note, the essential
measurements carried out are #
- "e mass of te fuel burnt
- "e temperature rise of $ater
- "e mass of $ater used% &t is needless
$ei'in' $ater since density of $ater is
(')cm
*
% "is means tat (++cm
*
of $ater
$ei' (++'%
Data collected
Mass of $ater equal to ,olume of $ater used - (++'%
&nitial temperature of $ater - "
(
.C
/i'est temperature of $ater - "

.C
Mass of burner0 $ick and kerosene at te start - m
(
'
Mass of burner0 $ick and kerosene at te end - m
1
'
Analysis of data
Mass of $ater (m) - (++ '%
Specific eat capacity of $ater (c) - 2%13'
-(
4
-(
%
"emperature rise (5") - "

6 "
i
- (+.C
5/ - mc5" - (++ 7 2%1 7 (+ - 21++3
Mass of kerosene burnt - m
(
6 m
1
- m
k
%
Conclusion
The energy released by burning a
certain mass of kerosene (m
k
) is
&'00(.
)asses of different fuels to roduce
the same temerature (10.C) can then
be comared. The smaller the mass
burnt to roduce a temerature change
of 10.C0 the better the fuel.