Blast furnace gas
WEBAn early internal combustion blowing engine of around 1900, powered by furnace gas. Blast furnace gas (BFG) is a byproduct of blast furnaces that is generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic has a very low heating value, about 93 BTU/cubic foot ( MJ/m 3), because it consists of about 51 vol% nitrogen and 22 vol% carbon .