TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

P CASAL
CHEP 452L1 MIDTERM EXAMINATION 090412
STUDENT NUMBER:___________________________________________SECTION:________________________
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE COMPLETE SOLUTION TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1. A furnace coal uses coal which analyzes 70.4%C, 4.8%H, 9.4%ash, 11.8%O, and negligible N and S. If the furnace is fired with 50% excess air,
calculate the moles of carbon dioxide in the flue gas assuming complete combustion.
a. 5.87 moles b. 5.23 moles c. 4.85 moles d. 4.65 moles
2. The moles of water in the flue gas
a. 2.4 moles b. 2.8 moles c. 3.02 moles d. 3.25 moles
3. The moles of excess oxygen in the flue gas
a. 0.369 moles b. 6.7 moles c. 5.02 moles d. None of the given

4. Given : Coal Air dried Complete the following table. Show the calculations on a separate sheet
Required) 4. a) Complete modified ultimate analysis (show calculations
Proximate (%w) Ultimate (% w) Modified Ultimate (% w)
Moisture 2.9 Carbon, C 79.90 Carbon, C
VCM 22.0 Hydrogen, H 4.85 Net Hydrogen, H
FC Sulfur, S 0.69 Sulfur, S
Ash 6.5 Ash Ash
TOTAL Oxygen, O Oxygen, O
TOTAL Nitrogen
Moisture
Combined water

5. Calculate the ultimate analysis of VCM from the following:

a. Partial coal analyses. HHV of coal is 14350 BTU/lb 5. Ultimate analysis of VCM

Proximate (%w) Ultimate (% w) Ultimate (% w)

Moisture Carbon, C Carbon, C
VCM 20..0 Hydrogen, H 5.0 Hydrogen, H
FC 70.8 Sulfur, S 0.69 Sulfur, S
Ash Ash 6.20 Oxygen, O
TOTAL Oxygen, O Nitrogen,N
Nitrogen 1.30 Combined water
TOTAL

6. Calculate the % heating value lost in the refuse for this certain type of coal (negligible N and S) with a heating value of 14,000 BTU/lb.
Proximate Analysis of coal Proximate Analysis of Refuse
4.7% moisture 28% FC
24.3% VCM 7% VCM
9.6% Ash 65% Ash
61.4% FC

7.A steam boiler is fired with a coal having the following analyses:
Ultimate (% w) Proximate (%w)
Carbon, C 60 Moisture 9
Hydrogen, H 14 VCM 41.0
Sulfur, S 0. FC 40.0
Ash 10 Ash 10.0
Oxygen, O 16 TOTAL
Nitrogen 0
TOTAL
17,860 cubic feet of wet air is supplied per 100 lb of coal fired. The wet air is at 750 mmHg, 60˚F, and the water vapor exerts a partial pressure of 10
mmHg. The dry refuse from this furnace contains 11.2% FC, 9.3% VCM, and 79.5 % ash. Because of poor operation, only 80% of the carbon burned
forms carbon dioxide; the rest forms carbon monoxide.
7. Calculate the % excess air
a. 10.35% b. 20.3% c. 45.2% d. 56.7%
8. Complete the ORSAT analysis of the flue gas
Components Number of moles % mole
CO
CO2
O2
N2

9. The partial pressure of water vapor in the wet flue gas, if the total pressure is 750 mmHg.
a. 56 mmHg b. 109.7 mmHg c. 154 mmHg d. 21 mmHg
10. make an overall material balance between mass of coal, mass of air = mass of stack gas, mass of refuse
11. The percentage of the HHV of coal lost because of unburned combustibles in the refuse
a. 1.20% b. 2.3% c. 3.10% d. 4.5%
12. The percentage of HHV lost because of unburned combustible in the flue gas
a. 4.5% b. 5.6% c. 7.4% d. 8.5%