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Problem Set in Combustion Engineering

This document contains 14 sample problems related to combustion engineering. The problems cover topics like calculating fuel consumption rates, air-fuel ratios, heating values of fuels, combustion equations, volumetric analysis of combustion products, and cost of fuel consumption. Each problem includes the question and the answer. The problems involve concepts like excess air, API gravity, heating values, ultimate analysis of fuels, partial pressures, and combustion volumes.

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Problem Set in Combustion Engineering

This document contains 14 sample problems related to combustion engineering. The problems cover topics like calculating fuel consumption rates, air-fuel ratios, heating values of fuels, combustion equations, volumetric analysis of combustion products, and cost of fuel consumption. Each problem includes the question and the answer. The problems involve concepts like excess air, API gravity, heating values, ultimate analysis of fuels, partial pressures, and combustion volumes.

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PROBLEM SET IN

COMBUSTION
ENGINEERING
SAMPLE PROBLEM 01
A diesel power plant consumes 650
liters of fuel at 26 deg C in 24
hours with 28 deg API. Find the
fuel rate in kg/hr.

ANS: 23.83 kg/hr


SAMPLE PROBLEM 02
A boiler burns fuel oil with 15%
excess air. The fuel oil may be
represented by C14H30. Calculate
the molal air – fuel ratio.

ANS: 117.69 mol air/mol fuel


SAMPLE PROBLEM 03
A diesel power plant uses fuel that
has a density of 892.74 kg/m3 at
15.67 deg C. Find the heating
value of fuel in kJ/kg.

ANS: 44 899.31 kJ/kg


SAMPLE PROBLEM 04
A certain coal has the following ultimate
analysis:
C = 69% N2 = 5% Moisture = 8%
H2 = 2.5% S = 7%
O2 = 3.5% Ash = 5%
Determine the heating value of fuel in kJ/kg.

ANS: 26 961.45 kJ/kg


SAMPLE PROBLEM 05
A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of
fuel per day at 30 deg C. If the fuel was
purchased at 15.6 deg C and 30 deg
API at P 5.00/L, determine the cost of
the fuel to operate the engine per day.

ANS: P 4 677.2 per day


SAMPLE PROBLEM 06
A 650 Bhp diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28
deg API gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65
lb/Bhp – hr. Cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter.
For continuous operation, determine the
minimum volume of the cubical day tank in
cm3, ambient temperature is 45 deg C.

ANS: 5 291 880 cm3


SAMPLE PROBLEM 07
A logging firm in Isabela operates a Diesel
Electric Plant to supply its electric energy
requirements. During a 24 hour – period, the
plant consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80 deg F
and produced 2 700 kW – hr. Industrial fuel is 30
deg API and was purchased at P 3.00/liter at 60
deg F. Determine the overall thermal efficiency
of the plant.
ANS: 26.08 %
SAMPLE PROBLEM 08
A steam generator burns fuel oil with
20% excess air. The fuel oil may be
represented by C14H30. The fuel gas
leaves the preheater at 0.31 Mpa.
Determine the partial pressure of water.

ANS: 35.7 kPa


SAMPLE PROBLEM 09
The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following
gravimetric analysis:
CO2 = 21.6% O2 = 4.2% N2 = 74.2%
Specific heats at constant pressure for each
component of each exhaust gas in kCal/kg oC are:
CO2 = 0.203 O2 = 0.219 N2 = 0.248
Calculate the gas constant in J/kg – K.

ANS: 272.06 J/kg-K


SAMPLE PROBLEM 11
Write the combustion equation for:
a) complete combustion in
theoretical air of 1 mol gasoline
C8H18; b) combustion with 25 %
excess air; c) combustion with 10
% CO in the product.
SAMPLE PROBLEM 12
Given fuel is CH4, determine:
a) Volumetric analysis of dry product of combustion
b) Gas constant of wet product
c) Partial pressure of wet products
d) Dew point temperature of products

ANS: a) CO2 = 11.74 %; N2 = 88.26 %


b) 0.301 Kj/kg-K
c) P(CO2) = 9.636 kPa; P(N2) = 72.427 kPa
P(H2O) = 19.262 kPa
d) Tdp = 59.25 deg C
SAMPLE PROBLEM 13
A fuel is burned with 50 % excess air, and the
combustion characteristic of the fuel is similar to
C12H26. Determine the a) air-fuel ratio on mass and
molal basis and the b) volumetric analysis of the
product of combustion.

ANS: a) 22.41 kg air / kg fuel; 132 kg air / kg fuel


b) CO2 = 8.66 %; N2 = 75.29 %;
O2 = 6.68 %; H2O = 9.38 %
SAMPLE PROBLEM 14
Find the combustion volume of 1
kg of oil, C16H30 with 40 % excess
air at 100 Kpa and 370 deg C.

ANS: 39.52 cubic meter

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