Adibatic Combustion at constant Volume

For the combustion of one mol of CnHm in air we shall have the following products:



Where a1 , a2 , a2 , a4 , a5 and a6 are the number of mols of Co2 , Co , H2o , H2, O2 and N2 ,respectively per
mol of CnHm

The general chemical reaction for the combustion process from B to C will then be of the form








To determine the number of mols a1 to a6 we must consider the dissociation reactions . In the present case there
are two such reactions:

and



1 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2
aCo a Co a H o a H a O a N + + + + +
{ }
2 2
1 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2
1 1
3.76
4 4
n m
m m
w C H n o n N
w aco a co a h o a H a O a N


+ + + +
`

u u

)
+ + + + +
2 2 2
Co H o H Co + +
2 2
1
2
co O Co +
The first reaction is the water-gas reaction:




Where the partial pressure are the normalized pressures and Kp1 is the equilibrium constant

The second reaction is the carbon monoxide (Co) reaction




The equilibrium constants Kp1 , Kp2 can be determined from the Gibbs functions for the
nominal reactants (subscript R) and products (subscripts P)




2 2
1
2
co H
p
CO H o
p p
k
p P
=
2
2
2
O
Co
P
Co p
p
K
p
=
( ) ( )
ln
P
mol mol mol
R P
g T g T HO
K
R T R T R T

v v
= E E


The heats of reaction (Ho) are for the two reactions



Ho = -0.4047*10^8 J/Kg-mol




Ho=-2.7969* J/Kg-mol

The tptal number of mols of the products per mol of CnHm is



The normalized partial pressure Pi for substance i is




Where Pc is the normalized total pressure for the mixture at C


2 2 2
Co H o H Co + +
2 2
1
2
Co O Co +
8
10
1 2 3 4 5 6 p
M a a a a a a = + + + + +
i i
i c c
p P
wa a
P P P
wM M
= =
We can now substitute for the partial pressure Pi in the equilibrium equations to give :








And


To obtain the number of mols a1 to a6 we must prepare a chemical mass balance for carbon ,
hydrogen and oxygen . These are :
Carbon:



Hydrogen:








1 4
1
2 3
p
a a
K
a a
=
2
1
2
2 5
1
c
p
p
P a
K
a a M

=


1 2
n a a = +
3 4
2
m
a a = +
Oxygen:






The state equation at C is





Whence



And in terms of the normalized pressure (P=P / Po)


1 2 3 5
1
2 2 2
4
m
n a a a a

+ = + + +

u

c c p mol c
PV wM R T =
c mol c
p c
P wR T
M V
=
c mol c
p o c
P wR T
M p V
=