2020 CHEE2001 Week 10 Tutorial Sheet
2020 CHEE2001 Week 10 Tutorial Sheet
2020 CHEE2001 Week 10 Tutorial Sheet
The standard states of reaction are 25 ̊C and 1 atm. What is the physical significance
of the difference between the two values of ΔHro ?
3. Methane-fired boiler
A methane-fired boiler creates steam for use in a process plant.
50 mol/s of methane enters the boiler at 25 ˚C and burns with 50% excess air preheated
at 150 ˚C. The hot gases from the combustion chamber then pass through a heat
exchanger to generate 10 bar saturated steam from process water.
a) Determine the heat content of the boiler combustion gases leaving the combustion
chamber in MW (assume that the boiler operates adiabatically),
b) Assuming that 75% of the heat in the combustion gases is recovered to generate
steam, calculate the amount of 10 bar saturated steam (kg/s) that is produced.
Assume an inlet process water temperature of 30 ˚C.
Heats of formation
CHEE2001 2020 Tutorial Week 10