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The document outlines tutorial questions for an Energy Resources and Utilization course, focusing on calculations related to oil loss, biomass electricity generation, cost analysis of different power plants, adiabatic flame temperature for hydrogen combustion, and theoretical air requirements for combustion. Each question requires specific calculations and considerations of various efficiencies and conditions. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of energy efficiency, combustion processes, and power generation costs.

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Tutorial 6

The document outlines tutorial questions for an Energy Resources and Utilization course, focusing on calculations related to oil loss, biomass electricity generation, cost analysis of different power plants, adiabatic flame temperature for hydrogen combustion, and theoretical air requirements for combustion. Each question requires specific calculations and considerations of various efficiencies and conditions. The tutorial aims to enhance understanding of energy efficiency, combustion processes, and power generation costs.

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Energy Resources and Utilization

(ESL100)
2024
Tutorial 6

1. Bureau of Energy Efficiency report states that loss of even one drop of oil every second
can cost you over 4000 litres a year. In that case, what would be the diameter of the
oil-drop?
2. Estimate the land area that would be needed to generate 0.2 GW of electricity steadily
over a year using biomass fuel. The annual insolation at the location is 900 kWh/m2.
Assume a photosynthetic efficiency 0.5%, and power conversion efficiency of 25%.
(insolation: the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area).
3. It is proposed to supply a load with a maximum demand of 500 MW and load factor
of 70%. Choice is to be made from a nuclear power plant, a hydraulic power plant and
a steam power plant, which have been already established in the past. An asset, such
as a machine is expected to experience wear and tear due to use with time. Hence,
depreciation cost is to be added to the fixed cost along with interest. Plant load factor
is the ratio of average load to peak load. Calculate the total cost per kWh in a given
year in case of each scheme given below:

4. For stoichiometric combustion of hydrogen calculate the adiabatic flame temperature


at constant pressure. The reference temperature = 298 K. Adiabatic flame
temperature is a theoretical value which corresponds to the scenario where the
energy from the reactant and the product sides are same. This means upon the energy
release during combustion there has been no heat loss from the system and the
released energy is entirely used in increasing the temperature of the gas mixture.
Therefore, the adiabatic flame temperature is the maximum temperature attainable
in a given combustion scenario. Please use the following information to finish your
calculation. Heat of formation values: hf,H20 = -241845 kJ/kmol; Cp,H20 (@ 1200 K) =
43.87 kJ/kmol.K; Cp,N2 (@ 1200 K) = 33.71 kJ/kmol.K

5. Based on following information calculate the theoretical air requirement for


stoichiometric combustion and theoretical CO2 content in the flue gases. If the CO2
content is measured to be 10% in flue gases does that mean we have an excess-air
scenario? What is the % of excess air? What is the final composition in case of the
excess-air scenario mentioned above?

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