False Air Calculation using Oxygen Measurements on Wet Basis

Oxygen measurements on Wet Basis

False Air
Volume x
Oxygen 21 %
Moisture ma %

Inlet Gases Outlet gases

Volume (wet) V Volume (wet) (V*(100-mi)+x*(100-ma))/(100-mo)
Oxygen O2i SYSTEM Oxygen O2o
Moisture mi Moisture mo

Oxygen balance on wet basis

O2 in O2 out

Inlet gases V*O2i Outlet gases (V*(100-mi)+x*(100-ma))/(100-mo)*O2o

False Air x*21

Setting equal and rearranging

x*(21-O2o*(100-ma)/(100-mo))=V*(O2o*(100-mi)/(100-mo)-O2i)

x/V=(O2o*(100-mi)/(100-mo)-O2i)/(21-O2o*(100-ma)/(100-mo))