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Compute the minimum oxygen
pressure required for a stoichiometric reaction
for the fuel mass used. Discuss the effect of other oxygen pressures on
the measurements and compare these predictions with any observations you made.When
more than one fuel is placed in the calorimeter, is the measured heat of
combustion for the mixture a linear sum of the mass or volume weighted values
for the individual fuels?
When selecting a fuel for a mobile power
plant how does the energy per unit mass or the energy per unit volume influence
the range of the vehicle or the space devoted to fuel storage? Discuss how
this might influence the design of a methanol fueled IC engine automobile.
Compare
different hydrocarbon fuels in terms of their heats of combustion
per mass of fuel. What does this comparison show?
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