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    The document contains 12 problems related to combustion engineering. It provides composition percentages for various fuels and asks to calculate theoretical air requirements, heating values, excess air percentages, fuel consumption rates, densities and calorific values based on the given compositions and combustion equations.

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    Combustion Engineering

    Solve the following problems. Show your detailed solution.


    1. A bituminous coal has the following compositions:
    C=71.5% O=7.0% S=3.6% W=3.4%
    H=5.0% N=1.3% Ash=8.2%
    𝑘𝑔
    Calculate for complete combustion the theoretical weight of air required in 𝑘𝑔 𝑎𝑖𝑟 .
    𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑙
    a. 9.80 c. 7.80
    b. 8.80 d. 6.80
    2. Calculate the higher heating value of liquid dodecane fuel. 𝐶12 𝐻26
    a. 48,255 KJ/kg c. 60,221 kJ/kg
    b. 55,641 kJ/kg d. 35,245 kJ/kg
    3. It is required to find the theoretical volume of air at 20℃ and 100 kPa absolute pressure to burn
    one kilogram of franklin county coal. The ultimate analysis of coal- as- fired is as follows:
    C=65.65% O=18.61 Mois.=3%
    H=5.87 S=1.51 Ash=5.36%
    3
    a. 9.43 𝑚 /𝑘𝑔 c. 8.43 𝑚3 /𝑘𝑔
    3
    b. 7.43 𝑚 /𝑘𝑔 d. 6.43 𝑚3 /𝑘𝑔
    4. Liquid octane 𝐶8 𝐻18 fuel is burned with ideal proportion of air. Calculate the ideal air-fuel ratio y
    weight.
    𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑔
    a. 13.72 𝑘𝑔 𝑎𝑖𝑟 C. 15.05 𝑘𝑔 𝑎𝑖𝑟
    𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙
    𝑘𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑘𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑟
    b. 14.56 𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙
    D. 10.69 𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙
    5. Fuel oil in a day tank for use of an industrial boiler is tested with hydrometer. The hydrometer
    reading indicates a S.G = 0.924 when the temperature of the oil in the tank is 35℃. Calculate the
    higher heating value of the fuel.
    a. 43,852.13 kJ/kg c. 58,352.13 kJ/kg
    b. 53, 852.13 kJ/kg d. 48,352.13 kJ/kg
    6. If the theoretical air fuel ratio is 15, what is the approximate higher heating value in kJ/kg?
    a. 46755 kJ/kg c. 45756 kJ/kg
    b. 56755 kJ/kg d. 55756 kJ/kg
    7. There are 20 kg of fuel of flue gases formed per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of a fuel
    oil 𝐶12 𝐻26. What is the excess air in percent?
    a. 20.17% c. 27.175%
    b. 16.56% d. 8.21%
    3
    8. A diesel power plant consumed 1 𝑚 of fuel with 30°API at 27 ℃ in 24 hrs. Calculate the fuel
    rate in kg/hr.
    a. 36.21 c. 29.34
    b. 26.25 d. 39.42
    9. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating value of 43000 kJ/kg. What is the density of the fuel
    at 25 ℃.
    a. 840 kg/𝑚3 c. 970 kg/𝑚3
    b. 873 kg/𝑚3 d. 940 kg/𝑚3
    10. Calculate the calorific value of coal which has the following analysis:
    C= 81% , H= 5%, O=5.6%, Sulfur 1% and the remainder is as content.
    a. 33688.35 kJ/kg c. 12456.34 kJ/kg
    b. 32135.45 kJ/kg d. 32457.45 kJ/kg
    11. A petrol has the following analysis 85.5 % carbon, 14.4% hydrogen, and 0.10% sulfur. Calculate
    the volume of air at 1.0 bar and 15℃ required for perfect combustion of 1 kg of the fuel. Note
    𝑘𝐽
    𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑟 = 0.287 𝑘𝑔−𝐾
    a. 12.24 𝑚3 air/𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 c. 15.45𝑚3 air/𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙
    b. 13.45𝑚3 air/𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 d. 14.57𝑚3 air/𝑘𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙
    12. What is the calorific value and the minimum mass of air required per kilogram of fuel oil which
    composed of 85.2% carbon, 12% hydrogen, 1.6% oxygen and 1.2% impurities.
    a. 13.87 kgair/kgfuel c. 12.57 kgair/kgfuel
    b. 14.55 kgair/kgfuel d. 15.75 kgair/kgfuel

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