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Diesel and electricity generation?

how much amount of diesel oil(inside a generator) is required to generate 1KWh of electricity? Waiting for answers, thanx.

Answer:

There is no way I can answer this because YOU didn't give enough information. The amount of fuel used, depends DIRECTLY on the SIZE of the engine. The larger the engine, the less fuel it takes to produce 1 KWh of electricity it's the 'Economy of Scale' at work
You need to google. Try looking up: 1/ The energy density of diesel fuel oil. 2/ The efficiency of a diesel internal combustion engine. 3/ The efficiency of a dynamo (alternator or electrical generator not turbine). Chuck in a bit of ineffieiency for the linkage between the ICE and the dynamo. Then just multiply the energy density of the fuel, by the efficiencies, and out will pop your answer.
the amount of fuel used matches the power of the load, el the tax power and size the power generation

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