1. COMBUSTION THERMODYNAMICS DEEPA M S & VARUNA TANDON
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COMBUSTION THERMODYNAMICS BY
DEEPA M S & VARUNA TANDON

2. Introduction
•Thermodynamics essential to designing processing systems for biorenewable resources (Net energy output must be positive!!!)
•Fundamental concepts include
–Mass balances
–Energy balances
•These lectures not a substitute for a course in engineering thermodynamics

3. Kinds of Systems
•Isolated system –neither mass nor energy enters the system
•Closed system –mass does not enter or leave the system (no restriction on energy flow)
•Open system –both mass and energy can flow through the system

4. Describing mass flow through an open system

5. Mass Balances for Combustion Processes
The fuel-oxygen ratio (F/O) = mass of fuel per mass of oxygen (Sometime, F/O ratio could be written based on mole rather than mass.)
The equivalence ratio ()
(F/O)stoichiometric is the Fuel-Oxygen ratio at which exactly all the available oxygen is used to burn the fuel completely
The advantage of using equivalence ratio over fuel–oxidizer ratio is that it does not depend on the units being used.

6. Mass Balances for Combustion Processes (Continues)
Example
Consider a mixture of one mole of ethane (C2H6) and one mole of oxygen (O2).
F/O ratio of this mixture based on the mass of fuel and O2 is:
F/O ratio of this mixture based on the number of moles of fuel and O2 is:
0.5 2

7. To calculate the equivalence ratio, we need to first write out the stoichiometric reaction of ethane and oxygen
Based on Mass:
Based on Mole:
(F/O)actual
0.938
0.5
(F/O)stoichiometric
30/112 = 0.268
1/(7) = 0.143
Equivalence
Ratio
3.5
3.5

8. Mass Balances for Combustion Processes (Continues)
The air in excess of the stoichiometric amount is called the excess air
Actual Air
Theoretical Air (%) =
X 100
Stoichiometric Air
Actual Air – Stoichiometric Air
Excess Air (%) =
X 100
Stoichiometric Air

9. Describing energy flow through an open system

10. Energy Balance for Open System
*he or hi = specific enthalpy (energy / mass)
*he or hi = specific molar enthalpy (energy / mole)
*He or Hi = enthalpy (energy)

11. Energy Balance for Open System
Within each inlet and outlet stream, we can have a multiple species. In this case, we need to add the enthalpy contribution from each and every species in the stream: . . -
(Based on Mass) S
mph S -
mrh p p r r . . S
nph S
(Based on Mole) -
nrh p p r r Hp Hr

12. Energy Balance for Open System
Example:

13. Let us assume that 1 kmole/hr of biogas is produced by anaerobic digestion of animal waste consists of 60% of CH4 and 40% of CO2 (molar basis). The biogas reacts with 1.2 kmol/hr of O2 to form CO2 and H2O (no other products).
Biogas + O2
T = To = 298K Q
T = T2 = 1500K
CO2 + H2O
0.6 CH CO O2  CO H2O

14. Specific Molar Enthalpy (kJ/kmol)
We want to calculate Q under steady state condition for this example with following additional info.
Specific Molar Enthalpy (kJ/kmol)
T (K)
CH4 O2
CO2
H2O
298 -
8,682
9,364
9,904
1500
71,078
57,999
The standard enthalpy of reaction (hR) is -890,330 kJ/kmol of CH4 at 298K. o
Step #1: Do Energy Balance = - = H

15. Step #2: Calculate H
Reactants H
Products H
HR (To) T
To = 298K
T2 = 1500K
H =
HR(To) +
H = (-890,00)*(0.6) + [1*(71,078-9,364) + (1.2)*(57,999-9,904)] = -414,770 kJ/hr

16. Energy Balances
For well-characterized fuels, standard enthalpies of reaction can be calculated from tabulations of specific enthalpies of formation, , of chemical compounds from their elements at a standard state:
- nr and np are the stoichiometric coefficients for
reactants and products of a chemical reaction h p ( r ( p r
Example:
Calculate the standard heat of reaction for the dehydrogenation of ethane:
C2H6  C2H4 +H2

17. • Most biomass fuels are not well characterized in terms of their chemical constituents
–Often simpler to perform calorimetric tests on biomass fuels to
determine enthalpy of reaction

18. Thermodynamic efficiency
• Every energy conversion process can be characterized by its thermodynamic efficiency