Fuel Consumption; Natural Gas - GE 20 kW Home Installation And Start-Up Manual

fuel consumption

Estimated fuel supply requirements at half and full load for
natural gas and LP vapor fuels are shown here.
LP Vapor (Propane)
Cu Ft/Hr
full Load
Gal/Hr (liquid)
BTU/Hr
Cu Ft/Hr
3/4 Load Gal/Hr (liquid)
BTU/Hr
Cu Ft/Hr
1/2 Load Gal/Hr (liquid)
BTU/Hr
Cu Ft/Hr
1/4 Load Gal/Hr (liquid)
BTU/Hr
Cu Ft/Hr
exercise Gal/Hr (liquid)
BTU/Hr

natural Gas

Cu Ft/ Hr
full Load
BTU / Hr
Cu Ft/ Hr
3/4 Load
BTU / Hr
Cu Ft/ Hr
1/2 Load
BTU / Hr
Cu Ft/ Hr
1/4 Load
BTU / Hr
Cu Ft/ Hr
exercise
BTU / Hr
24
20kW 17kW 15kW
135 118
3.75 3.28
337500 295000 272500
109 99
3.03 2.75
272500 247500 225000
83 74
2.31 2.06
207500 185000 170000
56 54
1.56 1.5
140000 135000 127500
40 40
1.11 1.11
100000 100000 100000
20 kW 17 kW
(18 kW) (14.4 kW) (13.5 kW)
260 248
260000 248000
240 218
240000 218000
187 170
187000 170000
135 128
135000 128000
99 99
99000 99000
recommended energy
content of fuel:
109
3.03
heating Value:
Btu per gallon liquid
90
(gross*)
2.5
Btu per cubic feet
(vapor)
68
1.89
51
1.42
40
1.11
15kW
240
240000
210
210000
156
156000
119
119000
99
99000
natural Gas Propane
(LP Vapor)
N/A 91,547
2,500
1,000