1. A company has consumed 245345 tons of coal (lignite) and wishes to obtain an estimate of the energy equivalent of that amount of coal. Note that Net Calorific Values (NCV) of the coal type is 11.9 TJ/Gg. Calculate the energy equivalent.

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1. A company has consumed 245345 tons of coal (lignite) and wishes to obtain an estimate of the energy equivalent of that amount of coal. Note that Net Calorific Values (NCV) of the coal type is 11.9 TJ/Gg. Calculate the energy equivalent.
2. A company has consumed 4456 m3 of Diesel and wishes to obtain an estimate of the energy equivalent of that amount. Note that Net Calorific Values (NCV) of diesel is 43 TJ/ Gg and its density is 0.84 kg / I. Calculate the energy equivalent.
3. A gas furnace has an efficiency of 75%. How many BTU will it produce from 1000 BTU
of natural gas.

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