// Given:- // Part(a) // The chemical equation // a CH4 + b*(O2 + 3.76N2) -- 9.7CO2 + .5CO + 2.95O2 + 86.85N2 + cH2O // Calculations // Applying conservation of mass a = 9.7 + 0.5 c = 2.0*a b = ((9.7)*(2.0)+(0.5)+((2.0)*(2.95))+c)/2.00 Ma = 28.97 // molar mass of air MCH4 = 16.04 // molar mass of methane // On a molar basis, the air–fuel ratio is AFbar = (b*(1+3.76))/a // On a mass basis AF = AFbar*(Ma/MCH4) // Results printf( ' The air-fuel ratio on a molar basis is: %f',AFbar) printf( ' The air-fuel ratio on a mass basis is: %.2f',AF) // Part(b) // The balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of methane with the theoretical amount of air is // CH4 + 2(O2 + 3.76N2) -- CO2 + 2H2O + 7.52N2 // The theoretical air–fuel ratio on a molar basis is // Calculations AFbartheo = 2.00*(1+3.76)/1.0 // The percent theoretical air is Ta = AFbar/AFbartheo // Result printf( ' The percent theoretical air is: %.2f',Ta*100) // Ppart(c) // The mole fraction of the water vapor is yv = 20.4/(100+20.4) pv = yv*1 // Interpolating in Table A-2, T = 57 // in degree celcius // Result printf( ' The dew point temperature of the products, in C, if the mixture were cooled at 1 atm is: %f',T);