Names: __________________________ CHE112P

Worksheet 4:_________
Sec: _____ Combustion of Gas and Liquid
Fuel
Problem Solving
1.

A boiler fuel is fired with dry producer gas with the following
analysis: 25% CO, 22% H2, 3.6% CH4, 2.8% C2H4, 9.2% CO2, and 37.4%
N2. Excess air used for combustion is maintained at 20%. Eighty
percent of the carbon in the flue gas is present as carbon monoxide.
a. Draw the complete diagram.

b. Specify the basis and the amount of the species available.

c. Calculate the theoretical mole of oxygen gas.

d. Calculate the mole of oxygen gas and nitrogen gas fed.

e. Write the balanced chemical equations.

f.

Calculate the moles of the output stream.

g. Calculate the Orsat Analysis of the flue gas.

2.

A fuel oil is analyzed and found to contain 85.0% carbon, 12.0%

elemental hydrogen, 1.7% sulfur and the remainder non-combustible

matter. The oil is burned with 20% excess air. The oil is burned
completely but 8% of the total carbon forms carbon monoxide.
a. Draw the complete diagram.

b. Specify the basis and the amount of the species available.

c. Calculate the theoretical mole of oxygen gas.

d. Calculate the mole of oxygen gas and nitrogen gas fed.

e. Write the balanced chemical equations.

f.

Calculate the moles of the output stream.

g. Calculate the composition of the dry stack gas.

h. Calculate the ratio of water to dry stack gas.

3. A mixture of propane and butane is burned with pure oxygen. The

combustion products contain 47.4% by mole water. After all water is

removed from the products, the residual gas contains 69.4% by mole
CO2 and the balance O2.

Draw the complete diagram.

Specify the basis and the amount of the species available.

Calculate the mole of propane and butane gas fed.

What are the molar compositions of the gaseous fuel?

Write the balanced chemical equations?

Calculate the theoretical mole of oxygen gas.

What is the percentage excess of air?