HYDROGEN CONTENT OF FUELS
GENERAL
Hydrogen content of petroleum products represents a fundamental quality parameter that has been correlated with many of the performance characteristics of that product. Many times hydrogen content is required to correct gross heat of combustion to net heat of combustion which is used in aircraft calculations because all combustion products are in the gaseous state.
There are five methods available for this determination, which are described here. One of them, Test Method D5291, is described under the nitrogen determination section.
