What is GCV?

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GCV is the full form of gross calorific value. 

The calorific value is the amount of heat generated during the combustion of a specified quantity. 

The Calorific value is the total energy released as heat when a substance undergoes complete combustion with oxygen under standard conditions. The higher heating value (HHV; gross energy, also known as an upper heating value, or gross calorific value GCV, or higher calorific value; HCV) indicates the upper limit of the available thermal energy produced by the complete combustion of fuel. It is measured as a unit of energy per unit mass or volume of a substance.

Each fuel has a unique GCV, and the cost of fuel is largely determined by the GCV:



Credits: Heat of combustion


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