Gaseous fuels are hydrocarbons, hydrogen and carbon monoxide mixtures present in a gaseous state that form the basis of potential heat energy or light energy that can be easily disseminated through pipes from source to place of consumption. Let us have a deep insight into the pros and cons of gaseous fuel in this article.
Advantages of Gaseous fuels :
- They can be conveyed easily through a pipeline to the actual place of need that is the main reason for eliminating the manual labour cost in transportation.
- They can be lighted at moment's notice.
- They have high heat content and hence, help us in having high temperatures.
- They can be pre-heated by the heat of hot waste gases, thereby affording the economy in heat.
- Their combustion can readily be controlled for changes in demand like oxidizing or reducing atmosphere, length of flame etc.
- They burn without any smoke.
- They are ashless so there is no labour involved in ash handling.
- They are clean in use.
- They do not require any special burners.
- They can be produced by using even the poorest quantity of coal.
- They burn without heat loss, due to convection currents.
- They burn in slight excess of air supply.
- They are free from solid and liquid impurities.
- Complete combustion without pollution is possible due to the uniform mixing of air and fuel.
- They have high calorific value as well.
- They can also be used in internal combustion engine fuels.
Disadvantages of Gaseous fuels :
- Very large storage tank needed for them.
- They are highly inflammable, so chances of fire hazards are high in their use.
- They are more costly as compared with solid and liquid fuels.
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