FUELS AND COMBUSTION 1 1. Liquid Octane (CsH1s) fuel is burned with ideal proportion of air. Calculate the ideal air-fuel ratio by weight. 13.72 kgairhkgtuel 8. 14.56 kgairkgfuel C. 15.05 kgairfkgfuel D. 10.69 kg airfkg ful 2. A typical industrial fuel oil, CreHs2 with 20% excess air by weight. Assuming complete oxidation of the fuel, calculate the actual air-fuel ratio by weight A 18.86 kgairhkgfuel B. 15.76 kgairkgfuel C. 16.75 kgairhkg fuel D. 17.65 kgairkgtuel 3. Calculate the higher heating value of liquid Dodecane fuel. The chemical formula of Dodecane is CrsHos. A 60,221 kJ/kg B. 55,644 kiikg ©. 48,255 kik 1D. 35,245 kitkg 4. Abituminous coal has the following compositions. C=71.5% 0=7.0% $=3.6% W=34% H=50% N=13% Ash= 8.2% Calculate for complete combustion the theoretical weight of air required in kg/kg coal. A980 B.880 C.7.80 0.6.80 5. Itis required to find the theoretical volume of air at 20°C and 100 kPa absolute pressure to burn one kilogram of Franklin County coal. The ultimate analysis of coal-as-fred is as follows: C= 65.65% O= 18.61% Moisture = 3% H= 5.87% S=1.51% Ash = 5:36 % A.9.43 m/kgcoal B.7.43 mifkgooal §=—«C.8.43 m"/kgooal_—_—D.. 6.43 m*/kgooal 6. Calculate the minimum volume of day tank of 28°API fuel a fuel consumption of 4 kg/s. A 9471m?> B.97.41m? C.91.74m' D. 79.41m? 7. A650 BHP diesel engine uses fuel oil of 28°API gravity, fuel consumption is 0.65 Ib/BHP-hr. Cost of fuel is P 7.95 per liter. For continuous operation, determine the minimum volume of cubical day tank in cm?, ambient temperature is 45°C. A. 4,372,890 om? B. 5,987,909 cm? C. 5,291,880 cm? D. 7,352,789 cm? 8. A logging firm in Isebela operates a Diesel Electric plant to supply its electric energy requirements. During a 24 bir period, the plant consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80°F and produced 2700 kW-hrs. Industrial fuel used is 30°API and was purchased at P 3.00 per iter at 60°F. Determine the over-all efficiency of the plant. A 26.08% B. 25.06% €.29.07% D. 30.01% 9. A circular fuel tank 45 ft long and 5.5 ft diameter is used for oil storage. Calculate the number of days the supply tank can hold for continuous operation at the following conditions. ‘Steam flow = 2000 Ibyir Steam dry and saturated at 200 psia Feedwater temperature = 230°F Boiler efficiency = 75% Fuel Oil = 34°API A 15.21 days B. 16.23 days ©. 17.87 days D. 19.26 days 10. A steam generator bums fuel oil with 20% excess air. The fuel oil may be represented by C14H»0. The flue gas leaves the preheater at 0.31 MPa. Find the minimum stack temperature to avoid condensation. AT3C B.63°C C. 83°C D. 53°C 11. A gaseous fuel mixture has a mola! analysis: Ho=14% CH= 3% CO=27% 02=06% CO2=45% N2= 50.9% Determine the ir-uel ratio for complete combustion on molal basis. A213 8.3.23 ©. 1.233 D113 12. The ultimate analysis of coal is given below: C=685% $=15% Ash = 12 % H=2.5% O=35% Calculate the higher heating value of coal. A. 25, 300ksIkg B. 28,300 kiikg ©. 27,300 kilkg D. 26,300 kuikg 13, Fuel oll in a day tank for use of an industrial boiler is tasted with hydrometer. The hydrometer reading indicates a S.G. = 0.924 when the temperature of the oil in the tank is 35°C. Calculate the higher heating value of the fuel A 43,852 kiikg, B. 53,852 kkkg C. 58,352 kJkg D. 48,352 ki/kg 14, In a boiler design, it is desirable to have the flue gas exit temperature above the dew point. Estimate the dew point temperature of the flue gas produced by combustion having the gravimetric analysis of. Ne=71.84% — 02=361% —CO2= 20.35% H20 = 4.20% ‘Assume that air infiltration and leakage are negligible. A3s'C B.41C 42° D. 43°C 15. If the theoretical air-fuel ratio is 15, what is the approximate higher heating value in kJ/kg? A. 55,765 kllkg B. 56,755 kilkg ©. 48,765 kulkg D. 46,755 kulkgFUELS AND COMBUSTION 2 ‘There are 20 kg of flue gases formed per kg of fuel oil b is 16 Ter 204g of Per kg of fuel oil burned in the combustion of a fuel oil CicHs. What is the A20.17 B. 16.56 ©.26.67 D821 417. A diesel electric plant supplies energy for Meralco, During a 24 hr period, tho plant consumed 200 gallons of fuel at 28°C and produced 3930 kW-hr. Industral fuel used is 28°API and was purchased at P 5.50 per liter at 156°C. What should the cost of fuel be to produce one kW-hr? AP 1.05 B.P 1.069 ©.P 4.40 D.P 1.00 18. A fuel oil is burned with 50% excess air. What is the volume rate of flow in m®/min of the wet products at a pressure of 102 kPa and a temperature of 350°C when the fuel is burned at the rate of 45 kg/min? Assume that the combustion requirements of the fuel oil are similar to those of CrHzs. A. 1065 B. 3526 c. 2462 D. 4563 19. A fuel gas has the following volumetric analysis: CHe= 68% CoHe = 32% ‘Assume complete combustion with 15% excess air at 101.325 kPa, 21°C wet bulb and 27°C dry bulb What is the partial pressure of the water vapor in KPa? A962 B. 12.61 €.17.28 D. 15.94 20. The following is an analysis of coal in percent. c=74 Or S= N: As burned in a boiler, the coal produces the following Orsat analysis in percent: CO2=12 02-65 co=04 ‘The refuse contains 0.008 kg of carbon per kg of coal burned. Determine the percentage of excess air used. A 456% B. 465% C. 546% 0.564% 21. A. gaseous mixture has a dew point temperature of 15°C, The total pressure is 143.27 kPa. Determine the ‘amount of water vapor present in 100 moles. Note: Saturation pressure at 15°C is 1.7051 kPa AAO B.219 c.119 D.20 22, The dry exhaust gas from oil engine has the following gravimetric analysis: CO2= 21.6% N2=74.2% 02=42% ‘Specific heats at constant pressure for each component of the exhaust gas in kCalkg*C are: ‘Oz = 0.203 N2=0.248 02 = 0.219 Calculate the specific gravity i the molecular weight of air is 28.97 kg/kgmol. 1.055, 1.155 C.1.255 D.0.958 23. Acoal fired steam boiler uses 3000 kg of coal per hour, Air required for combustion is 15.5 kg per coal at a barometric pressure of 98.2 kPaa. The flue gas has a temperature of 286°C and an average molecular weight of 30, Assuming an ash loss of 11% and an allowable gas velocity of 7.5 m/s, find the diameter of the chimney. A188 m B.1.64m €.2.88 m D.264m 24. A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis c=705% 5% 02=6%=6% —N2=1.0% S=3.0% — Ash=11% — Moisture = 4% A stoker fired boiler of 175,000 kg/hr steaming capacity uses this coal as fuel, Calculate the volume of air in ‘mPfhe with air at 60°F (15.6°C) and 14.7 psia (101.325 kPa) the coal is bumed with 30% excess air. Boiler efficiency of 70% and factor of evaporation of 1.10. A. 212,861 m°/hr B.221,861 mht ——C.218,261 mg —_—_—D. 261,261 mk 25, Methane gas bum completely when supplied with 30 percent excess dry air. The gaseous products are cooled at 32°C and 1 atm pressure. Determine the mass of moisture condensed per kg fuel 1.302 B. 1.924 C. 1.816 0. 1.614 26. A diesel power plant consumed 1 m? of fuel with 30°API at 27°C in 24 hrs. Calculate the fuel rate in kg/hr. A 3621 B. 26.25 C.29.34 D.39.42 27. A.coal has the following ultimate analysis: C=60% H2=6% Ash= 5% N= 5% — 02=9% Moisture = 8% Determine the actual air-fuel ratio using 20% excess ait. A. 11.68 kg airfkg coal —_B. 10.66 kg airkg coal_C. 12.66 kg airfkg coal_D. 9.66 kg ait/kg coal 28. The ultimate analysis of a petroleum fuel is 87.1% carbon and 12.9 % hydrogen. A certain test of dry products cof combustion gives the following analysis by volume: 12% COz; 0.30 % CO; 4.6% Oz; 63.1 % Nz. Calculate the ‘number of atoms of carbon and hydrogen of the hydrocarbon fuel. An=7.26,m=1290 B.n=826,m=139 C.n=8.26,m=7.26 D.n=13.90,m=8.26 29, The analysis of natural gas fuel in a gas turbine power plant has the following percentage by volume: 80% CeHe= 5% 10% CO=2% {and the remaining non-combustible gases. Find the volume of air supplied per hour ifthe gas consumption is 20,000 m?fhr assuming 40 % excess air. ‘A. 248,500 mir B. 348,500 m%Mhr ©. 260,000 m¥ynr D. 360,000 m*Mhr