Fuels

Table A2 lists the fuels that are used in the NAEI. Some of these fuels require explanation as follows.

  1. Certain fuels are no longer in use and are only included in earlier years. These are town gas, widecut gasoline and vaporising oil.
  2. Orimulsion®. This is an emulsion of bitumen and water which was burnt in some power stations in the UK, however its use has been discontinued.
  3. Premium burning oil is used for domestic heating, lighting and cooking .
  4. Emissions from civil aviation are estimated from arrivals and departures data and not the total aviation fuel use recorded in DTI (2000).
  5. Unrefined or sour gas is used as a fuel on offshore installations and one power station. It has a higher carbon content than mains gas (due to the presence of natural gas liquids) and contains hydrogen sulphide.
  6. Waste oils and scrap tyres are used as fuels in some cement plant.
  7. Slurry. This is a coal-water slurry used in some power stations.

(viii) Wastes used as fuel. The following wastes are used for power generation: municipal solid waste, scrap tyres, poultry litter, landfill gas and sewage gas. Some waste oils and scrap tyres are burnt in cement kilns.

Table A2 Fuels used in the NAEI

Liquid

Petrol

Aviation Spirit

Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF)

Widecut Gasoline

Burning Oil

Premium Burning Oil

Gas Oil/ DERV

Fuel Oil

Orimulsion

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Naphtha

Other Petroleum Gas (OPG)

Refinery Miscellaneous

Vaporising Oil

Waste Oils

Lubricants

Solid

Anthracite

Coal

Coke

Slurry

Solid Smokeless Fuel (SSF)

Petroleum Coke

Wood

Straw

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

Scrap Tyres

Poultry Litter

Gas

Natural Gas

Sour Gas

Colliery Methane

Coke Oven Gas

Blast Furnace Gas

Town Gas

Landfill Gas

Sewage Gas