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MEC551
THERMAL
THERMAL ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
5.0 Combustion Processes
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CHAPTER OUTLINE
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Properties of mixture
Combustion process – involves mixture of
components.
Mixture – substances that has 2 or more
components in forming (air).
Each component have their own properties –
mole, mole fractions, molecular weight, gas
constant etc.
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Mole and Mass Fraction
Mole fraction, y is described as;
N i number of moles
Ni
yi i individual component
Nm m mixture
Mass fraction, mf is defined as;
m mass
mi
mf i i individual component
mm m mixture
m
M
N M y M
i i
i i
N N
The mixture gas constant;
R
R 8.314kJ / kmol.K
M
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Ideal Gas Law for mixtures
Dalton model = total pressure / partial pressure
Amagat’s Law = additive volume mixture
For a mixture as a whole;
Pi N i RT / V N i
P N RT / V N
Pi Vi Ni
yi
Pm Vm N m
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Combustion
Theory
Definition = A chemical reaction during which a fuel is
oxidized and a large of energy is released. A microscopic
process to convert stored chemical energy into useful
heat energy.
Primary element; Fuel, Oxygen (air) and Heat.
Fuel
Any material that releases energy when oxidized, consist
hydrocarbon, exists in all phases.
Common hydrocarbon fuels; gasoline (C8H18 octane),
diesel (C12H26 dodecane), methane (CH4), LPG, etc 7
Combustion
Oxygen (air)
Dry air consists of 20.9% O2, 78.1% N2, 0.9% argon and other
gases.
Each mole O2, it is accompanied by 0.79/0.21 = 3.76 mol of N2
At ordinary combustion temp (<14000C) nitrogen does not react
(inert gas), >14000C = form NOx.
Complete combustion product = CO2, H2O, and N2
Incomplete combustion produce = CO, CH4, unburned C, NOX, OH,
H2 and particulars.
Air also contain water vapor, at low temperature – ideal gas, At
high temperature – break into H2, O2, H and OH.
Hydrogen will complete burn producing H2O.
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Combustion
Heat
lgnition temperatures of various fuels at atmospheric air
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Combustion
Combustion Equation
For a complete combustion process, the products are already well known
ie. CO2 , H2O and N2 (if applicable)
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Combustion
Incomplete combustion;
Set the number of moles of fuel equal to 1.
Assume (or fix) the possible substances in the products.
Write down known mole numbers ie. fuel, air, certain products.
Set the unknown mole numbers with letters, ie. a, b, c, x, y etc.
Balance CO2 , CO, and unburned C with the number of C from the
fuel.
Balance H2O, OH and H2 with H from the fuel.
Balance 02 from the other component Each mole O2, it is
accompanied by 0.79/0.21 = 3.76 mol of N2
Equivalence ratio;
Applied to measure the amount of air actually supplied to the
combustion process.
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Combustion
(Example 14-1)
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Combustion
Stoichiometric (Theoretical) air;
The minimum required air for complete combustion to occur.
When a fuel is burned with stoichiometric air, no unburned fuel and
free oxygen exists, ie.
CH4 + 2(O2 + 3.76N2) ----> CO2+ 2H2O + 7.52N2
In actual practice, combustion processes uses more air than
stoichiometric to increases the combustion efficiency as well as a
temperature control procedure.
Excess air is the term used when combustion air is supplied greater
than stoichiometric air.
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Combustion
Analyzing Combustion Products;
Theoretically, to achieve complete combustion requires the supply
of excess air.
Actual cases even the supply of excess air fails to ensure complete
combustion occurs. lt is almost impossible to predict the exact
composition of composition products on the basis of mass
conservation alone.
In practice, products of combustion are analyzed using gas
analyzers located downstream from the main combustion chamber.
These gas analyzers operates using Orsat gas analysis, where
chemical compounds are used to absorb certain gas compositions
and measures their volumes
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Combustion
Effect of Moisture in Combustion Air;
lf dry air is used as combustion air, than its chemical composition
can be written as ath(O2 + 3.76N2).
lf the moisture content is significant (high humidity), the it should
be considered in the combustion process ath(O2 + 3.76N2) + Nv,air
(H2O).
where the number of moles of moisture can be determined from
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Combustion
(Example 14-2)
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Combustion
(Example 14-3)
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Combustion
(Example 14-4)
Determine;
i) The air-fuel ratio
ii) The percentage of theoretical air used
iii) The amount of H2O that condenses as the products are
cooled to 250C at 100kPa.
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Combustion
Energy Analysis of Combustion Processes;
Thermodynamics point of view, the amount of heat
energy released during a combustion process is the
important aspect to study.
Basically the heat energy released from a combustion
process comes from the chemical energy contain in the
fuel.
Hc = HProduct - Hreactant
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Combustion
(Example 14-5 & 14-6)