Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
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Chapter 15.7, Problem 101RP
A gaseous fuel mixture of 60 percent propane (C3H8) and 40 percent butane (C4H10) on a volume basis is burned in air such that the air–fuel ratio is 25 kg air/kg fuel when the combustion process is complete. Determine (a) the moles of nitrogen in the air supplied to the combustion process, in kmol/kmol fuel, (b) the moles of water formed in the combustion process, in kmol/kmol fuel, and (c) the moles of oxygen in the product gases in kmol/kmol fuel.
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