A coal with the following composition was burnt in a power plant with 25.0% excess air....

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A coal with the following composition was burnt in a power plantwith 25.0% excess air. Waht is the percent CO2 shown by Orsatanalysis? The air drawn into the furnace at that location has 0.021moles of water vapor per mole of dry air.

Coal analysis:

Carbon 64.0%; Hydrogen 4.3%; Nitrogen 1.1%; Sulfur 1.6%. The labalso reported that the coal contained 5.0% moisture and 13.7%ash.

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BasisL 100 gms of coal It contains 64 gm coal 43 gm Nitrogen 11 and sulfur 15 Moisture 5 gm Moles massatomic weight atomic weights C 64 H 43 N11 and S 32 O 16 Moles C 6412 533 H2    See Answer
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