Energy Conversion Systems

Homework: Combustion
1. A fuel mixture with the molar analysis 40% CH3OH, 50% C2H5OH, and 10% N2
burns completely with 33% excess air. Determine
(a) The balanced reaction equation
(b) The air-fuel ratio, both on a molar and mass basis.
2. The combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel represents as CaHb, results in products with
the dry molar analysis 11% CO 2, 0.5% CO, 2% CH4, 1.5% H2, 6% O2, and 79% N2.
Determine the air-fuel ratio on (a) a molar basis, (b) a mass basis.
3. Methane (CH4) at 25C, 1 atm enters a furnace operating at steady state. The
methane burns completely with 140% of theoretical air entering at 400 K, 1 atm.
Products of combustion exit at 700 K, 1 atm. Kinetic and potential effects are
negligible. If the rate of heat transfer from the furnace to the surroundings is 400 kW,
determine the mass flow rate of methane, in kg/s.
4. Calculate the enthalpy of combustion of gaseous pentane (C5H12), in kJ per kmol of
fuel, at 25C with water vapor in the products.
5. For a natural gas with a molar analysis of 86.5% CH 4, 8% C2H6, 2% C3H8 3.5% N2,
determine the lower heating value in kJ per kmol of fuel, at 25C, 1 atm.
6. Liquid octane (C8H18) at 25C, 1 atm enters an insulated reactor operating at steady
state and burns with 90% of theoretical air at 25C, 1 atm to form products
consisting of CO2, CO, H2O, and N2 only. Determine the temperature of the exiting
products in K.

November 2016