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AFT Calc1
AFT Calc1
SI Units
temperature: C
amount: g-mol
Please read cell comments
AFT-Calc
mass: g
energy: J An Adiabatic Flame Temperature Calculator for
Combustion of Natural Gas
Please read Calculations based on combustion of 1 gram-m
this document. fuel
Document
Fuel
Burner Flame:
CO2, H2O, O2, N2
Oxidant
Thermodynamic Data
Table I. Molar Hform at 25 C Table II. Molar Hreax at 25 C
J/g-mol Reaction to form H2O(g)
CH4 -74,810 2O2 + CH4 CO2 + 2H2O(g)
C2H4 52,467 3O2 + C2H4 2CO2 + 2H2O(g)
C2H6 -84,684 3O2 + C2H6 2CO2 + 3H2O(g)
NG reactant species C3H8 -103,847 5O2 + C3H8 3CO2 + 4H2O(g)
C4H10 -126,148 6O2 + C4H10 4CO2 + 5H2O(g)
H2 0 O2 + H2 H2O(g)
CO -110,529 O2 + CO CO2
40,000
30,000
1000 1200 14
te
Calc AFT-Calc is a Thermart
Software program. 2013
by Arthur E. Morris.
ture Calculator for Excess Air www.thermart.net
f Natural Gas
bustion of 1 gram-mole of
el
AFT vs. % Excess Oxidant
2200
f(x) = -308.5138154314 ln(x) + 1258.7164407551
2100 R = 0.9702695844
2000 f(x) = 454.0145766696x^2 - 1283.9126915922x + 2042.2631557013
1900
0
1800
1700
AFT, deg. C
Oxidant Properties 1600
21% 1500
100% 1400
25
1300
9.351
1200
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
25
% excess oxidant
Figure 1. Relationship between the AFT and the % excess oxidant used for combustion.
Chart and table will reconfigure when any blue-cell entry value is changed.
Excel's Trendline tool can be used to give a quadratic equation fit to the results. For x, use %/100.
Summary of Results
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100%
AFT, C 2051 1914 1795 1598 1441 1313 1207
AFT-Calc Operation
The Calculator has two main worksheets, plus one for stored results. Enter data only on
J/g-mol
this worksheet, in blue-bordered cells only. Data will be copied into the Calcs workshee
-802,327 Figure 1 summarizes the results. The chart legend shows a quadratic Trendline fit.
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The calculator contains a sample system. Changing any blue-bordered cell value will result in recalculatio
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of all other dependent values. Please read cell comments (cells with red corner), and the document.
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1. Enter the fuel composition in column E, making sure that the value in cell F29 is non-negative. Th
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%C (E31) should be 0% (or 100% for graphite combustion).
-241,814 2. Enter the oxidant properties in range K19:K21 and the heat loss in cell K16. Enter 0 for an
adiabatic calculation. The oxidant temperature range should be between 0 - 100C.
3. Enter the fuel temperature in cell K24, in the range should be between 0 - 100C.
4. Enter the upper limit on the range of calculations of % excess air in cell K20. Seven values will be
used in the % available heat calculation, starting at stoichiometric oxidant (0% excess).
5. A complete summary of the available heat results are shown on worksheet Calcs.
of all other dependent values. Please read cell comments (cells with red corner), and the document.
1. Enter the fuel composition in column E, making sure that the value in cell F29 is non-negative. Th
%C (E31) should be 0% (or 100% for graphite combustion).
2. Enter the oxidant properties in range K19:K21 and the heat loss in cell K16. Enter 0 for an
-282,980 adiabatic calculation. The oxidant temperature range should be between 0 - 100C.
3. Enter the fuel temperature in cell K24, in the range should be between 0 - 100C.
4. Enter the upper limit on the range of calculations of % excess air in cell K20. Seven values will be
-393,510 used in the % available heat calculation, starting at stoichiometric oxidant (0% excess).
5. A complete summary of the available heat results are shown on worksheet Calcs.
-44,020 6. If desired, you can copy results for several different fuels or oxidant properties to worksheet
StoredResults, and chart them. This worksheet has results for pure methane combustion for the
conditions noted in the IH article, plus a chart for other species.
7. Please read the cell comments and documents.
000
ontent,
f(x)J/mol
= 0.0042038585x^2 + 36.6052926736x - 3123.5631055861
000
000
f(x) = 0.0011726951x^2 + 33.6999325847x - 2509.1194199172
f(x) = 0.0012285294x^2 + 31.7667882685x - 2417.0153732532
000
000
O2, (g)
000 Polynomial
(O2, (g))
000
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
temperature, deg. C
1
2042.2631557013
moles mass
CO2 produced by combustion 0.986 43.39
H2O produced by combustion 1.957 35.26
Stoich. O2 required for combustion 1.965 62.86
b b 4ac
X
2a
Flame:
CO2, H2O, O2, N2
80.0% 100%
16.83 18.70
7.48 9.35
8.81% 9.97%
17.836 19.706
15.879 17.749
9.89% 11.06%
485.63 539.58
29.38 32.64
2.0 2.0
1.0 1.0
13.32 14.80
1.57 1.96
11.0% 9.9%
5.5% 5.0%
74.7% 75.1%
8.8% 10.0%
tions
80.0% 100.0%
-6106 -6106
71.65 71.65
8.227E-03 8.227E-03
-6768 -6768
52.79 52.79
1.982E-03 1.982E-03
-32234 -35810
423.17 470.11
1.637E-02 1.819E-02
-3943 -4929
52.94 66.18
1.843E-03 2.303E-03
-837437 -841998
600.55 660.73
2.842E-02 3.070E-02
0 0
1313 1207
Vol. % O2 in oxidant gas 21.00%
Desired %O2 in comb. flame 0.00%
Calculator
#1
2100
1900
1800
1700
AFT, deg. C
1600
1500
1400
1300
1200
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
% excess oxidant
Figure 1. Relationship between the AFT and % excess oxidant for article example.
As noted in article text, AFT = 1608C with 40% excess oxygen. Air enters at 38C and methane at 20C.
Excel's Trendline tool can be used to give a quadratic equation fit to the results. For x, use %/100.
2100 Theo
rC
2000 Theo
rCH4
1900
1800
1700
AFT, deg. C
1600
1500
1400
1700
AFT, deg. C
1600
1500
1400
1300
1200
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
% excess oxidant
Figure 3. Comparison between theoretical (solid lines) and equilibrium (dashed lines) AFT for combustion
Notice the increasing deviation between the two versions above about 1650C.
The difference is caused by increasing thermal disproportion of H 2O and CO2 at elevated temperatures (s
Summary of Results--Methane
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0%
AFT, C 1954 1872 1772 1676 1588 1508 1436
CO 0.911% 0.265% 0.087% 0.030% 0.011% 0.004% 0.002%
CO2 8.5% 8.4% 7.9% 7.4% 7.0% 6.5% 6.2%
N 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000%
N2 70.9% 71.8% 72.4% 72.9% 73.3% 73.7% 74.0%
N2O 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000% 0.000%
NO 0.199% 0.319% 0.336% 0.308% 0.267% 0.224% 0.185%
O 0.021% 0.024% 0.016% 0.009% 0.005% 0.003% 0.001%
O2 0.5% 1.7% 3.0% 4.3% 5.4% 6.4% 7.3%
H2 0.368% 0.107% 0.037% 0.014% 0.006% 0.002% 0.001%
H2O 18.4% 17.1% 15.9% 14.9% 13.9% 13.1% 12.3%
OH 0.294% 0.282% 0.202% 0.133% 0.085% 0.053% 0.034%
Summary of Results--Graphite
% XS oxidant 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
AFT, C 2027 1952 1852 1748 1651 1562 1482
CO 2.23% 0.889% 0.326% 0.116% 0.042% 0.016% 0.006%
CO2 18.5% 18.1% 17.1% 16.0% 15.0% 14.0% 13.1%
N 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
N2 77.9% 78.4% 78.6% 78.7% 78.8% 78.8% 78.9%
N2O 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
NO 0.35% 0.45% 0.45% 0.41% 0.35% 0.29% 0.23%
O 0.047% 0.046% 0.030% 0.017% 0.009% 0.004% 0.002%
O2 0.92% 2.10% 3.42% 4.69% 5.84% 6.86% 7.76%
Please read
1800
AFT, deg. C
1600
1400
1200
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100
% excess oxidant
Figure 2. Relationship between the theoretical AFT and % excess oxidant for differ
methane at 20C. Oxidant and fuel enter at 25C.
Summary of Results--Methane
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%
AFT, C 2053 1916 1797 1599 1442
Summary of Results--Ethane
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%
AFT, C 2106 1964 1840 1636 1473
Summary of Results--Propane
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%
AFT, C 2119 1975 1850 1644 1480
Theo
rC Summary of Results--Graphite
Theo % XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%
rCH4 AFT, C 2185 2024 1886 1662 1488
Summary of Results--Hydrogen
% XS oxidant 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0%
AFT, C 2247 2112 1992 1789 1624
0% 90% 100%
CH
4
C2
H6
80.0% 100%
1313 1207
80.0% 100%
1341 1232
80.0% 100%
1347 1237
80.0% 100%
1348 1233
-Hydrogen
80.0% 100%
1488 1373
--Carbon Monoxide
80.0% 100%
1615 1496