//Chapter-1, Illustration 8, Page 21 //Title: Fuels and Combustion //============================================================================= clc clear //INPUT DATA C=0.88;//Percentage composition of Carbon H=0.036;//Percentage composition of Hydrogen O=0.048;//Percentage composition of oxygen CO2=0.109;//Volumetric composition of CO2 CO=0.01;//Volumetric composition of CO O2=0.071;//Volumetric composition of Oxygen N2=0.81;//Volumetric composition of Nitrogen M1=44;//Molecular mass of CO2 M2=28;//Molecular mass of CO M3=32;//Molecular mass of O2 M4=28;//Molecular mass of N2 //CALCULATIONS m=(11.5*C)+(34.5*(H-(O/8)));//Theoretical air required in kg c1=CO2*M1;//Proportional mass of CO2 c2=CO*M2;//Proportional mass of CO c3=O2*M3;//Proportional mass of O2 c4=N2*M4;//Proportional mass of N2 c=c1+c2+c3+c4;//Total proportional mass of constituents m1=c1/c;//Mass of CO2 per kg of flue gas in kg m2=c2/c;//Mass of CO per kg of flue gas in kg m3=c3/c;//Mass of O2 per kg of flue gas in kg m4=c4/c;//Mass of N2 per kg of flue gas in kg mC=((3*m1)/11)+((3*m2)/7);//Mass of carbon in kg md=C/mC;//Mass of dry flue gas in kg hc=H*9;//Hydrogen combustion in kg of H2O mair=(md+hc)-(C+H+O);//Mass of air supplied per kg of coal in kg me=mair-m;//Excess air per kg of coal in kg mN2=m4*md;//Mass of nitrogen per kg of coal in kg mact=mN2/0.768;//Actual mass of air per kg of coal in kg pe=(me/m)*100;//Perccentage excess air in percent //OUTPUT mprintf('Mass of air actually supplied per kg of coal is %3.2f kg \n Percentage of excess air is %3.2f percent',mact,pe) //==============================END OF PROGRAM=================================