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How are the composition and quantity of combustion products calculated?
- Main products of theoretical complete combustion (trace species ignored)
- CO2 from carbon
- H2O from hydrogen and fuel moisture
- SO2 from sulfur
- N2 from air and fuel nitrogen
- If α>1, excess O2
- Calculation from elemental analysis (kmol/kg fuel)
Let elemental mass fractions be C,H,O,S,N (kg/kg):
- nCO2=12C
- nH2O=2H+18W (if fuel moisture W is included, kg/kg)
- nSO2=32S
- Theoretical oxygen: nO2,0=12C+4H+32S−32O
- Nitrogen from air: nN2,air=0.210.79(αnO2,0)
- Fuel nitrogen to nitrogen: nN2,fuel=28N
- Excess oxygen: nO2,ex=(α−1)nO2,0
Dry flue gas (no water):
- ndry=nCO2+nSO2+nN2,air+nN2,fuel+nO2,ex
Standard-state volume:
- V=22.414 n (m^3/kg)