COMBUSTION CALCULATIONS

Combustion calculations per kg of fuel by G.Subhash Reddy

Fuel
Rice Husk
Gross Calorific Value (GCV)
2000
C
40
H
8
S
0.19
O
40
N
0.49
M
9.32
ash
2
Total
100
Unburnt Carbon-%of fuel
1
Ambient Temperature
40
Excess air
1.4
Boiler exit temperature
160
Radiation, ash and other losses
2.5
Altitude - m
100
Humidity.fraction
0.6
Moisture fraction in air
0.028795
Theoretical Oxygen required
1.2784
Theoretical air required
5.522246
Actual air required
7.96036
Flue gas produced
8.93036
Air moisture
0.229215
Combustion moisture
0.7152
Fuel moisture
0.0932
Total moisture
1.037615
CO2
1.4313
SO2
0.0038
N2
5.946285
O2
0.51136
Total gas - check
8.93036
O2 % by weight
5.726085
CO2 % by weight
16.02735
H2O % by weight
11.61896
Dry gas loss %
11.36555
Loss due to moisture in air %
0.687646
Loss due to hydrogen moisture %
22.8864
Loss due to moisture in flue gas %
2.9824
Loss due to unburnt carbon %
3.9
Total loss %
44.322
Air density at 0 C temp
1.282387
Flue gas density at 0 C temp
1.237536
CO2 % by volume
0.101156
Moisture % by Volume
0.178845