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MEC 3600-Lab Manual Combustion
MEC 3600-Lab Manual Combustion
MEC 3600-Lab Manual Combustion
EXPERIMENT1:INVESTIGATIONOFAIR/FUELRATIOANDSTOICHIOMETRICCONDITIONOF
FUELPROPANE
EXPERIMENT2:INVESTIGATIONOFAIR/FUELRATIOANDSTOICHIOMETRICCONDITIONOF
FUELDIESEL
INTRODUCTION:
Thisexperimentwillbecarriedoutbyusingtwotypesofburnerssuchasgasburnerandoilburner.
Astheburnerissettoamidrangeoffuelflow,theair/fuelratiowillbealteringaccordinglyto
achievecompletecombustion.Stoichiometriccombustioniswheretheexacttheoreticalairquantity
issupplied.
Themixtureoffuelandoxidizer(commonlyusedisair),incombustionchamberaffectsthenatureof
combustionoccurduringexperimentation.Themixturecouldbeclassifiedintothreecategories;
dependingonthefuelcontenttoairsuppliedduringcombustion.Theyarestoichiometric,fuellean
andfuelrichmixtures.ThefuelandaircontentcanbedescribedaseitherinAirFuelRatio,orFuel
AirRatio,orEquivalenceRatio,.
OBJECTIVES:
Toinvestigateairfuelratioandstoichiometricconditionastoachievecompletecombustion
Toobservetheemissionsfromtypicalcombustionprocess
PROCEDURES:
Asobserved
EQUIPMENT:
CombustionLaboratoryUnitC492
FuelPropaneandDiesel
RESULTS:
1. Recordalldataandcomputethederivedresults.
2. Plotthegraphsofflametemperatureandexhausttemperatureagainsttheexcessair(orAF
Ratio),andplotthegraphoftheemissions(CO,CO
2
,O
2
)vs.theAFRatio
DISCUSSION:
Discussallexperimentalresultsbasedonyourcalculationsandgraphsplotted.
CONCLUSION