clear; clc; disp('Example 8.13'); // aim : To determine // (a) the volume of air taken by the fan // (b) the percentage composition of dry flue gas // gien values C = .82;// mass composition of carbon H = .08;// mass composition of hydrogen O = .03;// mass composition of oxygen A = .07;// mass composition of ash mc = .19;// coal uses, [kg/s] ea = .3;// percentage excess air of oxygen in the air required for combustion Oa = .23;// percentage of oxygen by mass in the air // solution // (a) P = 100;// air pressure, [kN/m^2] T = 18+273;// air temperature, [K] R = .287;// [kJ/kg K] // basis one kg coal sO2 = 8/3*C+8*H;// stoichiometric O2 required, [kg] aO2 = sO2-.03;// actual O2 required, [kg] tO2 = aO2/Oa;// theoretical O2 required, [kg] Aa = tO2*(1+ea);// actual air supplied, [kg] m = Aa*mc;// Air supplied, [kg/s] // now using P*V=m*R*T V = m*R*T/P;// volume of air taken ,[m^3/s] mprintf('\n (a) Volume of air taken by fan is = %f m^3/s\n',V); // (b) mCO2 = 11/3*C;// mass of CO2 produced, [kg] mO2 = aO2*.3;// mass of O2 produces, [kg] mN2 = Aa*.77;// mass of N2 produced, [[kg] mt = mCO2+mO2+mN2;// total mass, [kg] mprintf('\n (b) Percentage mass composition of CO2 is = %f percent \n',mCO2/mt*100); mprintf('\n Percentage mass composition of O2 is = %f percent\n',mO2/mt*100) mprintf('\n Percentage mass composition of N2 is = %f percent \n',mN2/mt*100) // End