A methane-nitrogen mixture of fuel gas (96% methane) is burned with 40% excess air in a continuous water heater. Both fuel gas and air enter dry at 25°C. Water is heated at a rate of 35 kg/s from 25°C to its normal boiling point without vaporization. The flue gases leave the heater at 210°C. Of the entering methane. only 80% burns to carbon dioxide and the rest burns to carbon monoxide. What volumetric flow rate of fuel gas (in liters/second) is required if there are no heat losses to the surroundings? *
A methane-nitrogen mixture of fuel gas (96% methane) is burned with 40% excess air in a continuous water heater. Both fuel gas and air enter dry at 25°C. Water is heated at a rate of 35 kg/s from 25°C to its normal boiling point without vaporization. The flue gases leave the heater at 210°C. Of the entering methane. only 80% burns to carbon dioxide and the rest burns to carbon monoxide. What volumetric flow rate of fuel gas (in liters/second) is required if there are no heat losses to the surroundings? *
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Transcribed Image Text:A methane-nitrogen mixture of fuel gas (96% methane) is burned with 40%
excess air in a continuous water heater. Both fuel gas and air enter dry at 25°C.
Water is heated at a rate of 35 kg/s from 25°C to its normal boiling point without
vaporization. The flue gases leave the heater at 210°C. Of the entering methane,
only 80% burns to carbon dioxide and the rest burns to carbon monoxide. What
volumetric flow rate of fuel gas (in liters/second) is required if there are no heat
losses to the surroundings? *
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