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    NAME: SUBJECT CODE:

    SECTION: DATE:

    FUELS AND COMBUSTION

    1. A diesel power plant consumes 650 liters of fuel at 26 ⁰C in 24 hours with 28 ⁰API. Find the fuel rate in
    kg/hr.

    2. A boiler burns fuel oil with 15% excess air. The fuel oil may be represented by C14 H30. Calculate the
    molal air fuel ratio.

    3. A diesel power plant uses fuel that has a density of 892.74 kg/m3 at 15.67 ⁰C. Find the heating value of
    fuel.
    4. A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis:
    C = 69% H2 = 2.5 % O2 = 3.5 % N2 = 5 %
    S = 7% Ash = 5% Moisture = 8%
    Determine the heating value of fuel used in kJ/kg.

    5. A diesel power plant uses fuel with heating value of 45,038.8 kJ/kg. What is the density of fuel at 30 ⁰C?

    6. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel per day at 30 ⁰C. If the fuel was purchased at 15.6 ⁰C and 30
    ⁰API at P5.00/li, determine the cost of fuel to operate the engine per day.
    7. A cylindrical tank 3 m long and 2 m diameter is used for oil storage. How many days can the tank supply
    the engine having 27 ⁰API with fuel consumption of 60 kg/hr?

    8. Determine the minimum volume of day tank in m3 of 28 ⁰API fuel having a fuel consumption of 200
    kg/hr.

    9. Given the following ultimate analysis:


    C = 70% H2 = 3 % O2 = 4% N2 = 5 %
    S = 6% Ash = 5% Moisture = 7%
    Using 25% excess air, determine the actual air fuel ratio.
    10. A 650 Bhp diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28 ⁰API gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65 lb/Bhp-hr. Cost of
    fuel is P7.95 per liter. For continuous operation, determine the minimum volume of cubical day tank in
    cm3, ambient temperature is 45 ⁰C.

    11. A logging firm in Isabela operates a Diesel Electric Plant to supply its electric energy requirements.
    During a 24-hour period, the plant consumed 25- gallons of fuel at 80 ⁰F and produced 2700 kW-hrs.
    Industrial fuel used is 30 ⁰API and was purchased at P3.00/li at 60 ⁰F. Determine the cost of fuel to
    produce one kW-h.

    12. A logging firm in Isabela operates a Diesel Electric Plant to supply its electric energy requirements.
    During a 24-hour period, the plant consumed 25- gallons of fuel at 80 ⁰F and produced 2700 kW-hrs.
    Industrial fuel used is 30 ⁰API and was purchased at P3.00/li at 60 ⁰F. Determine the overall thermal
    efficiency of the plan
    13. A steam generator burns fuel oil with 20% excess air. The fuel oil may be represented by C14 H30. The
    fuel gas leaves the preheater at .031 MPa. Determine the actual air-fuel ratio in kg air per kg fuel.

    14. A steam generator burns fuel oil with 20% excess air. The fuel oil may be represented by C14 H30. The
    fuel gas leaves the preheater at .031 MPa. Determine the partial pressure of H2O.

    15. A flue gas has the following volumetric analysis: CH4 = 68% C2 H6 = 32%
    Assume a complete combustion with 15% excess air at 101.425 kPa, what is the partial pressure of water
    vapor in kPa.
    16. The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following gravimetric analysis:
    CO2 = 21.6% O2 = 4.2% N2 = 74.2 %
    Calculate the gas constant in J/kg-K.

    17. The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following gravimetric analysis:
    CO2 = 21.6% O2 = 4.2% N2 = 74.2 %
    Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular weight of air is 29 kg/kg-mol.

    18. There are 20 kg of flue gases formed per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of fuel oil C12 H26.
    What is the excess air in percent?
    19. What mass of liquid oxygen is required to completely burned 1000 kg of liquid butane, C4 H10, on a
    rocket ship?

    20. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is as follows: CO2 = 12% O2 = 4% N2 = 82 % CO =


    2%
    What is the percentage of CO on a mass basis?

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