Fuel Heat Energy Science Fair Projects

Fuel Projects

Fuel projects are a good option. However, you need to find a way to make them interesting and unique.

EDU 7080 Detectolab Kit	EDU 8355 Super Chem Kit	Young Scientists Club Set 4
Ages 8 and up	Ages 10 and up	Ages 9 - 12

Objectives/Goals

I took three fuels and determined which one produced the most amount of heat energy and could be considered an alternative fuel to gasoline.

Methods/Materials

The fuels were diesel fuel, vegetable oil and biodiesel fuel. I assembled a device which allowed me to record the amount of heat energy transferred to water by each fuel. I used the heat equation for calorimetry to figure out how much heat energy was released .The final amount was measured in joules.

Results

I found that there was a significant difference in the amount of joules produced by the three fuels. In fact, the most heat energy was produced was in vegetable oil. Biodiesel fuel came in second, followed by diesel fuel.

Conclusions/Discussion

Since I found that there is more heat energy produced by vegetable oil and biodiesel than diesel fuel, it supports the fact that there are viable forms of energy we can continue to research to use in our motor vehicles. There are ways to reduce our gasoline usage and Greener cars should be a goal of the future! 3rd party contributor