MTX311

Combustion
Borgnakke and Sonntag, Chapter 13
Lecture 5
Dr WG Le Roux

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 13.5 Enthalpy of Combustion
From the first law:

Let:

where is the enthalpy of combustion

(the difference between the enthalpy of the
2
products and the enthalpy of the reactants)
 13.5 Enthalpy of Combustion

OR:

showing the reference enthalpy of

combustion, ,
as well as
the two departure terms,
and
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 13.5 Enthalpy of Combustion
is listed here (the reference enthalpy of combustion):
TABLE 13.3

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 13.5 Enthalpy of Combustion

From:

Thus:

HV × Mfuel
NB! Note that the values listed in
Table 13.3 are equal to −HV
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 13.5 Enthalpy of Combustion
Class Example:
The combustion of heptane C7H16 takes place in
a steady flow burner where fuel and air are
added as gases at 100 kPa and 25°C. The
mixture has 125% theoretical air and the
products are going through a heat exchanger
where they are cooled to 600 K. Find the heat
transfer to the heat exchanger per kmol of
heptane burned using:
a) Table A.10
b) Table 13.3
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