UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

ESCOLA DE ENGENHARIA
PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ENGENHARIA MECÂNICA

MEC 126 - Combustão I

Prof. Fernando M. Pereira

List I - Fuels, Oxidants and Stoichiometry

Problem 1 – Consider the reaction between CH3NO2 and C(NO2)4 and answer:
a) Which one is the fuel and which one is the oxidant?
b) Write the stoichiometric reaction (complete reaction) for 1 kmol of fuel.

Problem 2 – Write the stoichiometric reaction for 1 kmol of the monopropellant C2H4(NO3)2.

Problem 3 – Write the stoichiometric reaction of Magnesium (Mg) with oxigen (O2).

Problem 4 – Consider the combustion of iso-octane (C8H18) in standard dry air (use the
simplified composition) with equivalence ratio φ = 0,6 and forming saturated products of
combustion.
a) Find the parameters fs and f.
b) Considering that the combustion products are ideal gases at T = 2000 K and P = 100 kPa,
fill the following table:

Component Mi ni Xi ci Pi Yi ρi
kg/kmol kmol - kmol/m3 kPa - kg/m3
CO2
H2O
N2
O2

c) Find the molar mass, concentration and density of the mixture.

d) Find the mass of liquid that would be formed if the combustion products were cooled to
20ºC.

Problem 5 – A gas analyzer is used to measure the composition of the flue gases in an
industrial furnace operating with natural gas. The results are 3% of O2 and 100 ppm (parts per
million) of CO in volume. For its protection, the analyzer has a filter that prevents water from
reaching its chemical detection cells. Then, the measurements are given in dry basis, i.e., they
represent molar fractions without considering water in the mixture. From these measurements
determine the excess of air (e) employed in this furnace (e = 1 - λ = 1- 1/φ, where λ =
percentage of the stoichiometric air). Consider that the natural gas can be modeled as pure
methane.
Table 1 - Properties of elements.