STANJAN Example 1

Consider a constant-volume combustion process of CH4 and air at stoichiometric

condition. Initially, reactants are at 25C and 1 atm.

CH4 + 2(O2+3.773N2) => aCO2 + bH2O + cN2

Determine the adiabatic flame temperature using STANJAN.

Download stanjan.exe, 208331.sud, comb.sud, and STANJAN readme notes (document)

from http://www.acl.eng.ku.ac.th/resources.html or M@xlearn

Note: The first three files need to be saved in the same folder.
Double click on stanjan.exe to start using the program

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 STANJAN window

Type “n” (no)

Choose a species
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 Type
“comb.sud”

Type “y” (yes)

Type “r”
(reactants)

Type reactant
species
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 Reactants

“Enter” again

Type “y”

Enter moles
of reactants

Kasetsart University 01208331 - Internal Combustion Engines Type “n”4

 Specify initial
condition

Type “n”
Type “y” if you’d
like to save the file

Type file
name
(File will be kept at the same
location as stanjan.exe)

Type “n”

Type “n”

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 Output for
reactants
at initial state

Stored file name

“Enter”

Type “y”
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 Choose “2”

Type “p”
(product)

Enter product
species

“Enter”

Kasetsart University 01208331 - Internal Combustion Engines Type “y”7

 Type “n”

Choose
Kasetsart University 01208331 - Internal Combustion Engines run option
8
 “12” for this
example

Input guess
values for T and
P of products

Type “n”

Type “y”

Type file
name
Type “n”
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 Type “n”
or “enter”

Type “n”
or “enter”

“enter”

Output for
products
at final state

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 “Enter”

Type “y”

Quit
STANJAN

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