Quiz Thermodynamics II

20 Mei 2016
1.Inabalancedchemicalreactionequation,ismassconserved?Aremolesconserved?
2. If a hydrocarbon is burned with the theoretical amount of air, can the combustion be
incomplete?
3.Ifahydrocarbonisburnedwithlessthanthetheoreticalamountofair,canthecombustion
becomplete?
4.ForthecaseofExample13.1(b),istheairfuelmixturerichorlean?
5.WhatistheequivalenceratioforthereactionofExample13.2?
6.Whyisthecombustionofhydrocarbonsconsideredacontributortoglobalwarming?
7. When applying the energy balance to a reacting system, why is it essential that the
enthalpiesofeachreactantandproductbeevaluatedrelativetoacommondatum?
8.WhyaresomeenthalpyofformationvaluesinTablesA25positiveandothersnegative?
9.Ifyouknewthehigherheatingvalueofahydrocarbon,C aHb,howwouldyoudetermine
itslowerheatingvalue?

10.Whyaresomehighefficiency,residentialnaturalgasfurnacesequippedwithdraintubes?
11. For a given fuel, how would the adiabatic flame temperature vary if the percent of
theoreticalairwereincreased?Why?
12.Inwhichcasewouldtheadiabaticflametemperaturebehigher,completecombustionof
methane(CH4)withthetheoreticalamountofoxygen(O 2),orcompletecombustionwiththe
theoreticalamountofair,allinitiallyat298K,1atm?
13.Whyiscombustioninherentlyanirreversibleprocess?
14.WhatirreversibilitiesarepresentintheinternalcombustionengineofExample13.4?The
combustionchamberofExample13.5?
15.Whatisanadvantageofusingstandardchemicalexergies?Adisadvantage?
16.HowmightyoudefineanexergeticefficiencyforthehydrogenoxygenfuelcellofFig.
13.3b
17.HowmightyoudefineanexergeticefficiencyforthereactorofExample13.5?