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Fundamentals of Combustion
Dr. Zayed Al-Hamamre
Lec 3: Chemical Thermodynamics
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Theoretical and Excess Air Combustion reactions are usually run with more air than is
needed to supply oxygen in stoichiometric proportion to the fuel.
This has the effect of increasing the conversion of the valuable reactant at the expense of the cost of the excess reactant and additional pumping costs.
Theoretical Oxygen: The moles (batch) or molar flow rate (continuous) of O2 needed for complete combustion of all the fuel fed to the reactor, assuming that all carbon in the fuel is oxidized to CO2 and all the hydrogen is oxidized to H2O
Theoretical Air: The quantity of air that contains the theoretical oxygen.
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Excess Air: The amount by which the air fed to the reactor exceeds the theoretical air
If 50% excess air is supplied
ExampleOne hundred mol/h of butane (C4H10 ) and 5000 mol/h of air are fed into a combustion reactor. Calculate the percent excess air.
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The theoretical air from the feed rate of fuel and the stoichiometric equation
The stoichiometric equation for complete combustion of butane:
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Example
Ethane is burned with 50% excess air. The percentage conversion of the ethane is 90%; of the ethane burned. 25% reacts to form CO and the balance reacts to form CO2. Calculate the molar composition of the stack gas on a dry basis and the mole ratio of water to dry stack gas.
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Basis: 100 mol C2H6 Fed
Assumption: nitrogen is inert-that is, Thus, neglect the trace amounts of Nox that might form
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Degree-of-Freedom Analysis
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25% Conversion to CO
75% Conversion to CO2
0.75 CO2
Another approach:
CO2
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Atomic Hydrogen Balance:
Atomic Oxygen Balance:
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The analysis of the stack gas is now complete
The mole ratio of water to dry stack gas is
Quiz:Find the composition in wet base
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ExampleA hydrocarbon gas is burned with air. The dry-basis product gas composition is 1.5 mole% CO, 6.0% CO2, 8.2% O2, and 84.3% N2. There is no atomic oxygen in the fuel. Calculate the ratio of hydrogento carbon in the fuel gas and speculate on what the fuel might be. Then calculate the percent excess air fed to the reactor.
Basis: 100 mol Product Gas
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The fuel composition described by the formula
To find the Percent Excess Air
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Summary and Examples
25 oC and 1 atm
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If there are no gaseous reactants or products, then
Heat of reaction
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The standard heat of formation of an elemental species (e.g., O2) is zero.If νA is the stoichiometric coefficient of the i th species participating in a reaction (+ for
products, - for reactants) and is the standard heat of formation of this species,then the standard heat of the reaction is
Formation reaction and heat of formation
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Heat of combustion
The standard heat of combustion of a substance, , is the heat of the combustionof that substance with oxygen to yield specified products [e.g., CO2(g) and H2O(l)],with both reactants and products at 25oC and 1 atm (the arbitrary but conventionalreference state).
standard heats of combustion for a substances are tabulated.The given values are based on the following assumptions:
(a) All carbon in the fuel forms CO2(g),(b) All hydrogen forms H2O(l),(c) All sulfur forms SO2(g), and(d) All nitrogen forms N2(g).
Standard heats of reactions that involve only combustible substances and combustionproducts can be calculated from tabulated standard heats of combustion.
For CO2, H2O and SO2, the standard heats of combustion is equal to zero.
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Heat of combustion
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For combustion reaction,
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Energy balance on reactive processesExample
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1. Use the heat of reaction method for the energy balance.2. Choosing as references the reactant and product species in the states for which the
heat of reaction is given
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Or one step or heat the liquid water from 25°C to l00°C, vaporize it, heat the vapor from l00°C to 300°C,
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Thus, 19,700 kW of heat must be transferred from the reactor to maintain the producttemperature at 300°C.
If less heat were transferred, more of the heat of reaction would go into the reactionmixture and the outlet temperature would increase.
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Two or multiple reactions system or Single reaction with unknown ΔΗr
material balance is not required
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to calculate then ΔΗ
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Processes with Unknown Outlet Conditions: Adiabatic Reactors
Example
Quiz: Find the composition of the output stream
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Use either the Heat of Reaction Method or Heat of Formation Method
As references for enthalpy calculations
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The higher heating value (or total heating value or gross heating value) isWith H2O(l) as a combustion product,.
The lower heating value (or net heating value) is the value based on H2O (v) as a product.
Since is always negative, the heating value is positive.To calculate a lower heating value of a fuel from a higher heating value or vice versa,
you must determine the moles of water produced when one mole of the fuel is burned.o If this quantity is designated n, then
Fuels and Their Properties
Where the heat of vaporization of water at 25oC is
If a fuel contains a mixture of combustible substances, its heating value (lower or higher) is
The heating valueThe heating value of a combustible material is the negative of the standard heat of
combustion.
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Fuels and Their Properties
xi is the mass fractions of the fuel components if the heating values are expressed in units of (energy)/(mass), or xi mole fractions if the dimensions of the heating values are (energy)/(mole).
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Adiabatic Flame TemperatureWhen a fuel is burned,
o A considerable amount of energy is released. o Some of this energy is transferred as heat through the reactor walls, o The remainder raises the temperature of the reaction products; o The less heat transferred, the higher the product temperature. o The highest achievable temperature is reached if the reactor is adiabatic and all
of the energy released by the combustion goes to raise the temperature of the combustion products (adiabatic flame temperature, Tad).
In adiabatic reactor ,
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Adiabatic flame temperaturedepends on air/fuel ratio
Tad: Increases for preheated air, or for O2
instead of air.
Tad: decreases, if cooled exhaust gas ismixed with reactants (recycling)
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Adiabatic Flame Temperature
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