CBEN

472 Quiz #1 Name (1 point): ____________________________

February 2, 2015

1. (2 points) Based on the following molecular formula for a model coal molecule what is
the stoichiometric coefficient for CO2 (  )?

C100H72O15N2S2   O2   CO2   H2O   SO2   NO2








2. (2 points) Based on this stoichiometry, what is the mass ratio of the produced CO2 vs.
fuel used [in units of kg CO2 per kg fuel]?









3. (5 points) For this model coal molecule what are the wt% values for carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen, & sulfur?






 Table of Selected Atomic Weights
Atomic Atomic Atomic Atomic
No. Weight Name Symbol No. Weight Name Symbol
13 26.9815 Aluminum Al 10 20.1797 Neon Ne
51 121.76 Antimony Sb 28 58.6934 Nickel Ni
18 39.948 Argon Ar 7 14.0067 Nitrogen N
33 74.9216 Arsenic As 8 15.9994 Oxygen O
56 137.327 Barium Ba 46 106.42 Palladium Pd
5 10.811 Boron B 15 30.9738 Phosphorus P
35 79.904 Bromine Br 78 195.078 Platinum Pt
48 112.411 Cadmium Cd 94 244 Plutonium Pu
20 40.078 Calcium Ca 19 39.0983 Potassium K
6 12.0107 Carbon C 88 226 Radium Ra
17 35.453 Chlorine Cl 86 222 Radon Rn
24 51.9961 Chromium Cr 45 102.9055 Rhodium Rh
27 58.9332 Cobalt Co 44 101.07 Ruthenium Ru
29 63.546 Copper Cu 34 78.96 Selenium Se
9 18.9984 Fluorine F 14 28.0855 Silicon Si
79 196.9665 Gold Au 47 107.8682 Silver Ag
2 4.0026 Helium He 11 22.9897 Sodium Na
67 164.9303 Holmium Ho 38 87.62 Strontium Sr
1 1.0079 Hydrogen H 16 32.065 Sulfur S
53 126.9045 Iodine I 52 127.6 Tellurium Te
26 55.845 Iron Fe 50 118.71 Tin Sn
36 83.8 Krypton Kr 22 47.867 Titanium Ti
82 207.2 Lead Pb 74 183.84 Tungsten W
3 6.941 Lithium Li 92 238.0289 Uranium U
12 24.305 Magnesium Mg 23 50.9415 Vanadium V
25 54.938 Manganese Mn 54 131.293 Xenon Xe
80 200.59 Mercury Hg 30 65.39 Zinc Zn
42 95.94 Molybdenum Mo 40 91.224 Zirconium Zr




Solution

1. The stoichiometric coefficient for the CO2 is dependent only on the atomic number
of C in the model coal molecule. From a balance n the carbon atoms:

C:   100

2. The molar ratio of CO2 to coal is simply 100. To get the mass ratio we need to take
into account the molecular weights:


CO2 kg  100 CO2 mol 
 
Coal kg  C100H72O15N2S2 mol 
 12.011  2  15.999 kg/mol 
 
 100  12.011  72  1.0079+15  15.9994+2  14.0067+2  32.065 kg/mol 
 44.009 
 100   
 1605.8 
 2.74

3. Using the total molecular weight of the coal molecule (1605.8) we can scale to get
wt% value.

Atom Molar
Weight Formula wt% daf
C 12.01 100.00 74.80%
H 1.01 72.00 4.52%
O 16.00 15.00 14.95%
N 14.01 2.00 1.74%
S 32.06 2.00 3.99%
Sub‐Total 191.00 100.00%
Molecular Weight 1,605.8

For example, to get the mass fraction of carbon:

nMC 100  12.01
wC  
Mcoal 100  12.01  72  1.01  15  16.00  2  12.01  2  32.06
100  12.01

1606
 0.748