Asphalt, Road Materials & Paving Products worked example

Asphalt Plant Burner Fuel Cost at 72% share of fuel charged to this job: a worked example

This worked example runs the asphalt plant burner fuel cost numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 72% share of fuel charged to this job instead of the typical 100%. Estimate burner fuel cost from fuel used, delivered fuel price, capture factor, and fixed startup or minimum charges.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Burner fuel burned for the job (gal or therms): 1,800 units (held at the documented default)
  • Delivered fuel price: 3.25 $ / unit (held at the documented default)
  • Share of fuel charged to this job: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Startup / minimum burner fuel cost: 250 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Assigned variable fuel cost = burner fuel used × delivered fuel price × fuel cost assigned to job.
  • Burner fuel cost works out to 4,462 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Fuel cost per fuel unit works out to 2.48 $ / fuel unit at these inputs.
  • Assigned variable fuel cost works out to 4,212 $ at these inputs.
  • Startup or minimum fuel cost works out to 250 $ at these inputs.

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 26.85% below the baseline at 4,462 $.
  • Use it when allocating dryer-burner energy to a specific paving job, validating a fuel surcharge, or comparing burner cost across mix designs and aggregate moisture levels. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Burner fuel cost: 4,462 $ (headline result)
  • Fuel cost per fuel unit: 2.48 $ / fuel unit
  • Assigned variable fuel cost: 4,212 $
  • Startup or minimum fuel cost: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Asphalt Plant Burner Fuel Cost calculator, set share of fuel charged to this job to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.