Combustion (Properties of Fuel)

14. Express the mass fraction of component 1 of a mixture in terms of: (a) the number of moles
of the three components of the mixture, n1, n2, and n3, and (b) the mole fractions of the three
components.

15. If the as-fired moisture fraction for Schuylkill, Pa. anthracite culm characterized in Table 3.3
is 4.5%, determine the as-fired proximate and ultimate analysis and heating value of the coal.
(Culm is the fine coal refuse remaining from anthracite mining.)
16. A coal with a dry, ash-free composition of 0.87 C, 0.09 H2, 0.02 S, and 0.02 O2 is burned
with 25% excess air. The as-fired ash and moisture contents are 6% and 4%, respectively. (a)
What are the stoichiometric and actual air-fuel ratios? (b) What is the flue gas composition?

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B.)

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What is the enthalpy of water vapor at 1800°R and 1 bar? What is the heat transfer in the
formation reaction of water from hydrogen and oxygen if the products are at 1800°R and the
reactants are (a) at the standard state, and (b) at 900°R?

20.)
Methane and stoichiometric air enter a combustor at the standard state. Using a spreadsheet,
calculate the heat transfer as a function of the exit (flame) temperature of the products of
complete combustion. Assume the water in the products remains a vapor.