Tutorial 1- answers

CP533 Clean Combustion Technologies (CCT)

Q1. 𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑖 = 15.5, 𝑏 = 0.5, and equivalence ratio 𝛷 = 0.968

Q2. Absolute enthalpy of the mixture:
−58339.1 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑥
−1869.12 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝑚𝑖𝑥
Mass fractions of the three component gases:
𝑌𝐶𝑂 = 0.0897
𝑌𝐶𝑂2 = 0.2820
𝑌𝑁2 = 0.6282
Comments: Both molar and mass units are frequently used in combustion. Because of this,
you should be quite comfortable with their interconversions.
Q3. Considering the product of H2O as liquid, the high heating value is:
∆ℎ̅𝑐 = 6830096 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑚𝑜𝑙𝐶10𝐻22 (or 48003 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐶10𝐻22 );
when considering the product of H2O as gas, the low heating value is:
∆ℎ̅𝑐 = 6345986 𝑘𝐽/𝑚𝑜𝑙𝐶10𝐻22 (or 44601 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔𝐶10𝐻22 );
Q4. 𝑇𝑎𝑑 = 2318 𝐾
Comments: Considering the crudeness of the assumptions, this result appears to be rather
surprisingly good agreement. Removing assumption 2 and recalculating 𝑇𝑎𝑑 using variable
specific heats, i.e.,
𝑇

ℎ̅𝑖 = ℎ̅𝑓,𝑖
0
+ ∫ 𝑐𝑃,𝑖 𝑑𝑇
298

Yields 𝑇𝑎𝑑 = 2328 𝐾. You could see, this result (2328K) is quite close to the constant-𝐶𝑝
solution (2318K), we can conclude that the ~100K difference is the result of neglecting
dissociation. Note, dissociation causes a lowering of 𝑇𝑎𝑑 since more energy is tied up in
chemical bonds (enthalpies of formation) at the expense of the sensible enthalpy.