Flores, Margaret E.

CHE219: Industrial Process Calculations

2ChE-A February 17, 2021
Case I: Gaseous Fuels
Problem No. 1: Calculate the orsat analysis of the products of combustion upon burning pure
hexane with 38% excess air if:
a) Combustion is complete (10.18% CO2, 6.13% O2)

b) 85% of the C burns to CO2, the rest to CO, molal ratio of H2 to CO is 1:2. (8.49% CO2,
1.5% CO)
Problem No. 4: A fuel containing 75% ethane and 25% propane is burned with dry air. All the H2
burns to H2O and the CO2 to CO ratio is 10:1. Fifteen % excess air is supplied. Calculate:
a) Moles stack gas/100 moles fuel (22.95)

b) Orsat analysis of the stack gas (10.38% CO2, 1.04% CO)

c) Complete analysis of stack gas (8.91% CO2, 0.89% CO)

 d) m3 dry air at 28°C, 765 mmHg/kg mole fuel (520.66)

Problem No.5 (a-c): Blue Water Gas (BWG) is obtained by passing steam over red carbon
enriched coal (coke). The gas id called “Blue” water gas because of its blue flame, a characteristic
of the combustion of CO. A typical composition shows 4.7% CO2, 41% CO, 49% H2, 0.8% CH4
and 4.5% N2. If the blue water gas at 25°C, 745 torrs and 90% RS is burned in wet air, 30% in
excess, supplied at the same conditions as BWG with 85% RH, calculate:
a) Complete analysis of the stack gas if the molal ratio of CO to CO2 is 1:8; H2 to CO is 1:4
(11.56% CO2, 1.44% CO)
 b) m3 air/ m3 BWG (2.88)

c) m3 stack gas (100 kPa; 300°C)/ 100 moles dry BWG (17035.82)

Problem No.6 (a-b): Carbureted water gas is produced in the same way as blue water gas but in
the resence of cracked oil vapors in a carburetor. A typical analysis shows 4.7% CO2, 7.8% C2H4,
0.3% O2, 36.5% H2, 35.5% CO, 8.6% CH4 and 6.6% N2. If this gas is saturated with H2O at 20°C,
742 torrs and burned in 10.434 m3 air at 30°C, 101 kPa and 60% RH per m3 fuel, calculate:
a) % excess O2 (183%)
b) Orsat analysis of the stack gas (400°C, 760 torrs) if 85% of C burns to CO2; all H2 burns
to H2O. (5.33% CO2, 0.94% CO)
Case I: Liquid Fuels
Problem No. 1: Crude petroleum oil is generally considered to be formed from animal and
vegetable debris accumulating in sea basins or estuaries and decomposed by anaerobic bacteria
resulting in black viscous product. A typical elemental analysis shows 80% C, 13% H, 1% N, 3%
O and 3% S. During a certain combustion, air supplied is less than the theoretical so that all the
O2 is used up. 70% of the C burns to CO2, the rest to CO; the molal ratio of CO to H2 in the exhaust
gas is 1:2. Assume that the Sulfur in the fuel burns to SO2 and the Nitrogen combines with the
nitrogen from air. Calculate:
a) Orsat analysis of the exhaust gas (12.56% CO2, 5.38% CO)
 b) % of the theoretical air which is supplied for combustion (70.7%)

c) Equivalence Ratio (1.4)

Problem No. 2: An alcogas mixture made up of 85% gasoline and 15% ethanol is used as fuel
for an engine in presence of 17.05 m3 air/kg alcogas supplied essentially dry at 30°C and 740
mmHg. 80% of the C burns to CO2, the rest to CO; the molal ratio of CO to H2 in the exhaust gas
is 1:2. Assume that the gasoline has the same composition as a mixture of iso-octane-heptane
with 95% octane number. Use a density of 0.6918 g/mL for iso-octane and 0.684 g/mL for n-
heptane. Calculate:
a) Orsat analysis of exhaust gas (8.18% CO2, 2.04% CO, 1.02% H2)
 b) % excess air (36.15%)

Problem No. 3: A ternary blend of gasoline (90% octane no), alcohol (75% ethanol, 25%
methanol) and benzole (75% benzene, 15% toluene and 10% xylene) is burned completely in
35% excess O2. Analysis of the blend shows 70% gasoline, 15% benzole and 15% alcohol.
Calculate the complete analysis of the exhaust gas. (9.77% CO2, 5.15% O2, 74.68% N2, 10.41%
H2O)