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The document discusses combustion engineering and introduces combustion. It states that combustion reactions involve the oxidation of combustible elements in fuels, resulting in energy release as combustion products are formed. The major combustible elements in most common fuels are carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur. Combustion is complete when carbon is fully oxidized to carbon dioxide, hydrogen is fully oxidized to water, and sulfur is fully oxidized to sulfur dioxide. Incomplete combustion occurs when these conditions are not fulfilled.

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Lecture Notes

The document discusses combustion engineering and introduces combustion. It states that combustion reactions involve the oxidation of combustible elements in fuels, resulting in energy release as combustion products are formed. The major combustible elements in most common fuels are carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur. Combustion is complete when carbon is fully oxidized to carbon dioxide, hydrogen is fully oxidized to water, and sulfur is fully oxidized to sulfur dioxide. Incomplete combustion occurs when these conditions are not fulfilled.

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Combustion Engineering

Introducing Combustion
• When a chemical reaction occurs, the bonds within molecules of the reactants are
broken, and atoms and electrons rearrange to form products. In combustion
reactions, rapid oxidation of combustible elements of the fuel results in energy
release as combustion products are formed.

• The three major combustible chemical elements in most common fuels are
carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur.

• Sulfur is usually a relatively unimportant contributor to the energy released, but it


can be a significant cause of pollution and corrosion problems.

• Combustion is complete when all the carbon present in the fuel is burned to carbon
dioxide, all the hydrogen is burned to water, all the sulfur is burned to sulfur
dioxide, and all other combustible elements are fully oxidized. When these
conditions are not fulfilled, combustion is incomplete.
COMBUSTION REACTIONS EXPRESSED
BY CHEMICAL EQUATIONS
Molecular Weight ( kg / kg mol )
• C = 12
• H2 = 2
• O2 = 32
• N2 = 28
• S = 32
• CO2 = 44
• SO2 = 64
Assignment
• Butane is burned with dry air at an air-fuel
ratio of 20. Calculate ( a ) the percent excess
air,( b )the volume percentage of CO, in the
products, and ( c ) the dew-point temperature
of the products.

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