Classification of fuel

CLASSIFICATION OF FUEL

THE FUEL IS CLASSIFIED ON THE TWO MAJOR BASIS 

• ON THE BASIS OF OCCURENCE OF FUEL 
• ON THE BASIS OF STATE OF AGGREGATION 

So according to the occurence of fuel it is classified in to two major categories

1. PRIMARY OR NATURAL FUEL :- 

These are the types of fuel which are found over the earth naturally some examples of these fuels are wood, petroleum, peat, and natural gasses comes in this categorie’s.

2. SECONDARY OR ARTIFICIAL FUEL:- 

It is a kind of which is derived from the primary fuel some fuels which falls in this categories are coke, charcoal, petrol, kerosene oil, diesel oil, coal gas, oil gas, producer gas, blast furnace gas etc.

According to state of aggregation fuels are classified as 

(i) solid

(ii) liquid

(iii) gaseous

which may be primary or secondary fuels.

Hope the above mentioned information helps in the classification of fuel and understanding the identification of the fuel 

BY :- ADARSH GUPTA