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Chemistry of Combustion
The thermodynamics of combustion were considered in Chapter 10, and it was stateA that adiabatic combustion could be achieved. The concept of adiabatic combustion runs counter to the experience of many engineers, who tend to relate combustion to heat addition or heat release processes. This approach is encouraged in mechanical engineers by the application of the air standard cycle to engines to enable them to be treated as heat engines. In reality combustion is not a process of energy transfer but one of energy transformation. The energy released by combustion in a spark ignition (petrol) engine is all contained in the mixture prior to combustion, and it is released by the spark. It will be shown that the energy which causes the temperature rise in a combustion process is obtained by breaking the bonds which hold the fuel atoms together.
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Distance Fig. 11.2 Variation of bond energy with distance between atoms Table 11.1 Some atomisation, dissociation and resonance energies (based on 25"C)* Bond dissociation (AH(X--Y)) C--H N--H O--H H---OH C--O C--O C--C
Energy (MJ/kmol) 414.5 359.5 428.7 497.5 351.7 698.1 347.5 615.5 812.2
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note: these values have been taken from different sources and may not be exactly compatible.
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(11.1)
In reality the enthalpy of formation is more complex than given above because energy can be stored in molecules in a number of ways, including resonance energies (in the benzene ring structure) and changes of phase (latent heats). A more general representation of the enthalpy offormation is
(11.2)
Example
Evaluate the enthalpy of formation of CO2 and H2O from the atomisation and dissociation energies listed in Table 11.1.
211
(11.3)
where the (g) indicates that the element or compound is in the gaseous (vapour) phase, and (1) will be used to indicate that the element or compound is in the liquid phase. The reaction in eqn (11.3) is achieved by atomisation of the individual carbon (graphite) molecules and the oxygen molecules, with subsequent recombination to form carbon dioxide. Effectively the reactant molecules, which are in a metastable state, are activated above a certain energy to produce atoms which will then combine to form the stable CO2 molecule (see Fig 11.4).
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Progress of reaction
Fig. 11.4 Gibbs energy variation during a reaction Hence, from Fig 11.1, (AHf)co2 = ~ A H , - ~ , A H ( X - Y) - ~, AHm- ~, aHLm.t In this case there is a resonance energy but the latent energy (i.e. latent heat) is zero. Then
(AHf)co 2 ffi )". AH,[Cs,~,h~t,] + AH,[O = O] - 2(C = O) - AH,,[CO2]
(11.4)
(11.5)
The tabulated value is -393.5 MJ/kmol. Water (H20) This is formed from the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in the reaction
S2(g) + 89 O2(g) -'+ H 2 0 ( g )
(11.6)
Thus
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(11.7)
(11.8)
(11.9)
(11.10)
Example
Evaluate the enthalpy of formation of methane, CtL.
Solution
The structure of methane is tetrahedral, and of the form shown in Fig 11.5 (a). Methane is often depicted in planar form as shown in Fig 11.5 (b).
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Methane can be formed by the following reaction: Cgr~ph~e+ 2H2(g)--' CH4(g)
(b)
(11.11)
Energy offormation
Hence
213
(11.12)
The tabulated value is -74.78 MJ/kmol, and the difference occurs because the energy of the bonds in methane is affected by the structure of the methane molecule, which results in attraction forces between molecules.
Example
Evaluate the enthalpy of formation of ethanol,
C2I-IsOH.
Solution
The planar representation of the structure of ethanol is shown in Fig 11.6.
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Fig. 11.6 Structure of ethanol molecule Ethanol can be considered to be made up of the following processes: 2 C m # e + 3H2(g) + 0.502(g)--" C2HsOH(g) giving the enthalpy of formation of ethanol as (eqn (11.12))
(AHf)c2HsOH----" Z
A H . - X A H ( X - Y) - Z AH=,- Z aHlatent
This gives the following equation: 2C~whit~ + 3H2(g) + 0.502(g) ---'2C(g) + 2 x 717.2 + 6H + 3 x 435.4 + O + 0.5 x 498.2
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-"C2HsOH(g) + 2 x 717.2 + 3 x 435.4 + 0.5 x 498.2 - 5 x 414.5 - 347.5 - 3 5 1 . 7 - 428.7 "'*C21-IsOn(g)- 210.7 MJ/kmol
(11.13)
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Chemistry of combustion
Hence the enthalpy of formation of gaseous ethanol is -210.7 MJ/kmol. This is equivalent to -5.853 MJ/kg of ethanol. The value obtained from tables is about -222.8 MJ/kmol, and the difference is attributableto the sfightvariations in bond energy that occur due to the three-dimensional nature of the chemical structure.
Example
Evaluate the enthalpy of reaction of methane.
Solution
This can be obtained either by using atomisation and dissociation energies, in a similar manner to that used to find the enthalpies of formation of compounds, or from the enthalpies of formation of the compounds in the reactants and products. Both methods will be used in this case. The reaction describing the combustion of methane is CH4(g) + 202(g)--" CO2(g) + 2I~O(g)
(11.14)
The chemical structure of methane was given above. Hence the enthalpy of formation of the reactants
(11. 5) Note that the atomisation and dissociation energies of oxygen arc equal (2 AH,[OffiO] ffi 2[OffiO]) and cancel out, i.e. the enthalpy of formation of oxygen is zero. This value of zero is assumed as a base level for all elements. Thus (AHf)R = (AHf)c~ = 70 MJ/kmol Similarly for the products (AHf)p= AH, - Z AH ( X - Y) - Z AH,~ - Z A H ~ t = AH,[Cg,,p~I + 2 AH,[O = Ol + 2 AH,[H - HI
-
(11.16)
= (aH,)co + 2 (aHf)H O = - 381.5 - 2 x 241.7 MJ/kmol The heat of reaction is given by AHR = (AHf)p- (AHf)R
= - 381.7 2 x 241.7 (-
(11.17)
70) (11.18)
=-794.9 MJ/kmol
This is close to the value of -802.9 MJ/kmol quoted as the lower cnthalpy of reaction of methane in Table 11.2. If the higher heat of reaction of methane is required then eqn (11.14) becomes CI-14(g) + 202(g)--'CO2(g) + 2H20(1) (11.19)
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Solution
The reaction of benzoic acid with oxygen is CJ-IsCOOH(g) + 7.502(g)--'7CO2(g) + 3 ~ O ( g ) The easiest way to evaluate the enthalpy of reaction is from eqn (11.18):
AH R = (AHf)p - (AHf)lt
(11.20)
The values of Hf were calculated above for CO2 and 1-120, and hence the only unknown quantity in eqn (11.18) is the enthalpy of formation of the benzoic acid: (AHf)c6HjCX~H----"E AH, - ~ AH (X - Y) - ]~ AH=, - 5'. ~ l a t e n t (11.21)
The acid is in gaseous form before the reaction, see eqn (11.20), and thus AHl,ffi,t= 0. Substituting values into eqn (11.21) gives
(AHf)C6HsLX)OH----Z A U a - X A H ( X - D "- Z Antes
= 7 AH,[Cmph~ + 3 A H , [ H - HI + AH,[O = O] ~]
-5[a-c]-4[C-C]-3[CffiC]- [C-O]
-[C-O]Hence (AHf)c6Hscoon- 7 717.2 + 3 x 435.4 + 498.2 - 5 x 414.5 - 4 347.5- 3 = - 230.1 MJ/kmol - 3 5 1 . 7 - 4 2 8 . 7 - 150.4- 117.0 (11.23) [O-H][aH=]c6n6 - [AH=,]coo. (11.22)
(11.24)
= - 3 3 9 5 . 5 MJ/kmol Thus the enthalpy of reaction of benzoic acid is (AHR)c6.scoo. = -3395.6 - (-230.1) = 3165.5 MJ/kmol The tabulated value is 3223.2 MJ/kmol, giving an inaccuracy of about 2%. (11.25)
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