ASSIGNMENT-2 CY1001:

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
DATE: 1st Nov -20th Nov. 2023

1. A gaseous fuel has the following composition by volume. Ethane=30%; Hydrogen= 10%;
Carbon monoxide=10%; Carbon dioxide =10% and rest Nitrogen. If 15% excess of air is
used for combustion, then calculate minimum oxygen required for complete combustion
of 1m3 of fuel and also calculate composition of dry flue gas.
2. How solid fuel is converted into liquid fuel? Explain in detail.
3. A coal sample analyzed as follows: 10 g was taken in crucible (a kind of pan). After
heating for 60 mins at 100 oC, the residue weighed 9 g. The crucible was then covered
with a lid and heated exactly 7 mins at 950±20 oC. The residue weighed 6 g. The crucible
was then heated without the cover, until a constant weight was obtained. The last residue
was found to weight 0.25 g. Calculate the percentage of volatile matter and ash in the
coal sample.
4. Calculate the water equivalent value of a bomb calorimeter using following experimental
data: Weight of benzoic acid = 2 g; weight of water= 2000 g; initial temperature= 25.0⁰C;
final temperature = 30.0⁰C; fuse wire correction= 25 cal; cooling correction = 0.1⁰C.
(calorific value of benzoic acid = 6325 cal/g)
5. 1.56 g of a coal was treated in Kjeldahl’s method and evolved NH 3 gas was absorbed in
30 mL of 0.1 N H2SO4. After absorption, the excess acid was neutralized by 7 mL of 0.1
N NaOH. Calculate the % of N in the coal sample.
6. A bomb calorimeter experiment with 1.5 g of coal sample yields HNO 3. The heat generated
due to this acid formation is 28.58 cal. Determine the % of nitrogen in the coal sample.
(molecular weight of HNO3 is 63 and atomic weight of nitrogen is 14).
7. Calculate the GCV of a coal sample with composition: carbon= 85%, hydrogen (as
combustible form)=6%,nitrogen=2%; oxygen= 2% and moisture= 5%.Also calculate the
GCV of the above coal sample after drying at 100 oC.
8. Calculate the theoretical GCV and NCV of the following organic compound.
OH

(Atomic weights of O=16, C=12 and H=1)

9. 0.75 g of a coal sample was used in bomb calorimeter experiment. The residue was
extracted by dilute HNO3 and then treated with excess barium nitrate. A white insoluble
precipitate was obtained. The weight of the dry precipitate was 46.6 mg. Identify the
element present in coal sample and report the % of the element in the sample.
10. Which chemical reactions are responsible for knocking in gasoline engine? How MTBE
acts as anti-knocking agent?