Calculating Air requirement for a given Coal Ultimate Analysis

S No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
S.no.
1

Constituents

% Compositon

Carbon
Hydrogen
Sulphur
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Moisture
Ash
Calculated Parameters
Theoritical Air (kg/100kg of fuel)

2 Theoritical Oxygen requirement (kg/100kg of fuel)

3 Total Nitrogen (kg/100kg of fuel)
Calculation of Excess Air
EA= Theoretical CO2%/Actual CO2 %
S.no.
Particulars
1 Theoretical CO2 % for Bituminous Coal (% by vol.)
2 Considering Actual CO2 % for Bituminous Coal (% by vol.)
3 Excess Air (%)
4 Air for combustion after considering Excess Air (kg/100 kg of fuel)

56.8
3.7
2
7
1.3
12.5
16.7
Values
759
176.11
582.9

Values
18.6
15
24
941.16

Products of Combustion

Table 1:- If only Theoretical Air is consider

S.no.

Particulars
CO2
H20
1 Molecular Mass of each gas
44
18
2 kg of gas/100 kg of fuel
208.3
33.3
3 Moisture (kg/100 kg of fuel)
12.5
4 Specific Vol. at STP in m3/kg
0.51
1.25
5 Volume of gas/100 kg of fuel (Wet)
106.24
57.25
6 % by Volume (Wet)
16.84
4.96
7 Volume of gas/100 kg of fuel (Dry)
106.24
0
6 % by Volume (Dry)
18.52
0
Table 2:- Considering different amount of excess air the products of combustion shall vary
S.no.
Excess Air %
0%
10%
1 kg Air/100 kg of fuel
0
75.9
2 kg of Oxygen/100 kg of fuel
0
17.62
3 kg of Nitrogen/100 kg of fuel
0
58.29
Table 3:- If Excess air is also considered lets say (20%)
S.no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
5

Particulars
Molecular Mass of each gas
kg of gas/100 kg of fuel
Specific Volume at STP in m3/kg
Volume of gas/100kg of fuel (Wet)
% by Volume (Wet)
Volume of gas/100 kg of fuel (Dry)
% by Volume (Dry)

CO2
44
208.3
0.51
106.24
14.19
106.24
15.36

H20
18
45.8
1.25
57.25
7.65
0
0

Products of Combustion
Table 1:- If only Theoretical Air is considered
SO2

N2
64
4

Total
28
582.9

eg. C+O2--->CO2 i.e. 56.8+(8/3*56.8)

As per the Ultimate Analysis received
22.4/Mol. Mass of each gas
631.21 (2)+(3)*(4)

0.35
0.8
1.4
466.32
0.13
42.49
1.4
466.32
0.25
81.25
products of combustion shall vary
20%
30%
151.8
227.7
35.23
52.84
116.58
174.87

SO2

N2
64
4
0.35
1.4
0.19
1.4
0.21

573.96

40%
Remarks
303.6 Considering Previous values
70.45 Considering Previous values
233.16 Considering Previous values

O2
28
699.48
0.8
559.59
74.7
559.59
80.88

Remarks

Total
32
35.23
0.7
24.67
3.3
24.67
3.57

Remarks
As Known
Refering above 2 tables

749.15 As solved in Table 1

100
691.9
100