100 mol/h of gaseous ethane is burned with excess air. The fuel is mixed with air before entering the furnace; fuel-air mixture is fed to the furnace at 25oC and 1 atm. All the ethane is consumed in the combustion reaction that occurs in the furnace. A cooling water jacket surrounding the furnace removes all of the heat generated by the combustion reaction. The stack gas leaves the furnace at 25oC and 1 atm and contains 5.32 mole% CO2, 1.60% CO, 7.32% O2 and the balance H2O and N2. a. Write the stoichiometric equations for the complete and incomplete combustion of ethane. b. Use Hess’s Law and the Heat of Combustion to calculate ∆??o (kJ/mol) for complete and incomplete combustion of ethane. c. Calculate the molar percentage of ethane in the fuel gas and the percentage excess air fed to the reactor.
2. 100 mol/h of gaseous ethane is burned with excess air. The fuel is mixed with air before
entering the furnace; fuel-air mixture is fed to the furnace at 25oC and 1 atm. All the ethane is
consumed in the combustion reaction that occurs in the furnace. A cooling water jacket
surrounding the furnace removes all of the heat generated by the combustion reaction. The
stack gas leaves the furnace at 25oC and 1 atm and contains 5.32 mole% CO2, 1.60% CO,
7.32% O2 and the balance H2O and N2.
a. Write the stoichiometric equations for the complete and incomplete combustion of
ethane.
b. Use Hess’s Law and the Heat of Combustion to calculate ∆??o (kJ/mol) for complete and
incomplete combustion of ethane.
c. Calculate the molar percentage of ethane in the fuel gas and the percentage excess air fed
to the reactor.
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