Question 3:
(72 points)
An engine operates with acetylene, C?H?, that contains 2% of oxygen molar concentration in the exhaust
gases. The air is supplied with the mass flow rate of 3 kg/s to this engine.
a) (20 pts) Write down the combustion reaction for this engine and calculate all unknown
coefficients of combustion reaction.
b) (5 pts) Calculate the air fuel ratio for this engine.
c) (20 pts) Calculate the equivalence ratio, percent of stoichiometric air and percent of excess air
in the engine.
d) (15 pts) If this engine operates for 2 hours and knowing that the density of the fuel C?H? is
378kg/mÂł at storage conditions, find out the required fuel tank volume.
e) (12 pts) Is this engine running on fuel-lean, fuel rich or stoichiometric fuel mixture? Please
support your selection by showing three reasons from your calculations.
C: 12.01 g/mole, H: 1.008g/mole, Air: 28.85 g/mole
Please refer to lecture notes for formulas.