Equilibrium composition and thermodynamic property calculation for general hydrocarbon combustion
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A computer program was developed for the calculation of the equilibrium composition and thermodynamic properties of the high temperature combustion products that results from general hydrocarbon combustion. An ideal gas mixture consisting solely of CO2, H2O, N2, O2, CO, OH, H2, O, H, NO, and NO2 is assumed. The equilibrium composition is evaluated, for a given pressure, temperature, and atom mixture, by solving the appropriate set of simultaneous linear algebraic conservation of atom and nonlinear law of mass action equations. Once the equilibrium composition is determined, the thermodynamic properties are calculated applying ideal gas mixture rules. Ail individual gas specie properties are evaluated utilizing sixth-order temperature curvefits of the specific heat. The performance of the computer program was demonstrated by considering the combustion of a particular natural gas mixture with air.
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