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"Tarea #2 - Segundo Parcial - Plantas Térmicas y Uso Racional de la

Energía"
"Espinoza Rocha José Manuel - 390497"

"13.63 Moran 7th"

"Determine the lower heating value, in kJ per kmol of fuel and in kJ
per kg of fuel, at 25°C, 1 atm."

T_fuel=25
T_ref=T_fuel

"(a) gaseous ethane (C2H6)"

"C2H6+3.5*(O2+3.76*N2) -- 2*CO2+3*H2O+13.16*N2"

hf_CO2=-393520
hf_H2O=-241820
hf_C2H6=-84680

DELTA_hCO2=enthalpy(CO2,T=T_fuel)-enthalpy(CO2,T=T_ref)
DELTA_hH2O=enthalpy(H2O,T=T_fuel)-enthalpy(H2O,T=T_ref)
DELTA_hC2H6=0

h_RPa=-(2*(hf_CO2+DELTA_hCO2)+3*(hf_H2O+DELTA_hH2O)-(
hf_C2H6+DELTA_hC2H6)) "kJ/kmol_f"

h_RPam=h_RPa/molarmass(C2H6)

"(b) liquid ethanol (C2H5OH)"

"C2H5OH+3*(O2+3.76*N2) -- 2*CO2+3*H2O+11.28*N2"

hf_C2H5OH=-277690
DELTA_hC2H5OH=0

h_RPb=-(2*(hf_CO2+DELTA_hCO2)+3*(hf_H2O+DELTA_hH2O)-(
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hf_C2H5OH+DELTA_hC2H5OH)) "kJ/
kmol_f"

h_RPbm=h_RPb/molarmass(C2H5OH) "kJ/kg_f"

"(c) gaseous propane (C3H8)"

"C3H8+5*(O2+3.76*N2) -- 3*CO2+4*H2O+18.8*N2"

hf_C3H8=-103850
DELTA_hC3H8=0

h_RPc=-(3*(hf_CO2+DELTA_hCO2)+4*(hf_H2O+DELTA_hH2O)-(
hf_C3H8+DELTA_hC3H8)) "kJ/kmol_f"

h_RPcm=h_RPc/molarmass(C3H8) "kJ/kg_f"

"(d) liquid octane (C8H18)"

"C8H18+12.5*(O2+3.76*N2) -- 8*CO2+9*H2O+47*N2"

hf_C8H18=-249910
DELTA_hC8H18=0

h_RPd=-(8*(hf_CO2+DELTA_hCO2)+9*(hf_H2O+DELTA_hH2O)-(
hf_C8H18+DELTA_hC8H18)) "kJ/kmol_f"

h_RPdm=h_RPd/molarmass(C8H18) "kJ/kg_f"

SOLUTION
Unit Settings: SI C bar kJ molar deg
DhC2H5OH = 0 DhC2H6 = 0 DhC3H8 = 0
DhC8H18 = 0 DhCO2 = 0 [kJ/kmol] DhH2O = 0 [kJ/kmol]
hfC2H5OH = -277690 hfC2H6 = -84680 hfC3H8 = -103850
hfC8H18 = -249910 hfCO2 = -393520 hfH2O = -241820
hRPa = 1.428E+06 [kJ/kmolf] hRPam = 47483 [kJ/kgf] hRPb = 1.235E+06 [kJ/kmolf]
hRPbm = 26803 [kJ/kgf] hRPc = 2.044E+06 [kJ/kmolf] hRPcm = 46352 [kJ/kgf]
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hRPd = 5.075E+06 [kJ/kmolf] hRPdm = 44425 [kJ/kgf] Tfuel = 25 [°C]

Tref = 25 [C]

8 potential unit problems were detected.

EES suggested units (shown in purple) for DELTA_hCO2 DELTA_hH2O .