Asphalt, Road Materials & Paving Products worked example

Asphalt Plant Burner Fuel Cost at 110% share of fuel charged to this job: a worked example

Push share of fuel charged to this job up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a plant wants to price the fuel impact of wet aggregate, a long production run, or a specific asphalt mix order

The inputs for this scenario

  • Burner fuel burned for the job (gal or therms): 1,800 units (unchanged)
  • Delivered fuel price: 3.25 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Share of fuel charged to this job: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Startup / minimum burner fuel cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Assigned variable fuel cost = burner fuel used × delivered fuel price × fuel cost assigned to job) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,685 $ for burner fuel cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.71 $ / fuel unit for fuel cost per fuel unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,435 $ for assigned variable fuel cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for startup or minimum fuel cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share of fuel charged to this job sits at 100% and the headline result is 6,100 $, this scenario comes in 9.59% above the baseline at 6,685 $.
  • It computes total burner fuel cost for a job by pricing the assigned fuel burned and adding a startup or minimum fuel charge. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Burner fuel cost: 6,685 $ (headline result)
  • Fuel cost per fuel unit: 3.71 $ / fuel unit
  • Assigned variable fuel cost: 6,435 $
  • Startup or minimum fuel cost: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Asphalt Plant Burner Fuel Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.