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Soot Formation and Oxidation

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Pollutants from Combustion

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((ASIC,volume 547))

Abstract

Under ideal conditions the combustion of hydrocarbons leads to mainly carbon dioxide and water. Ideal conditions may be specified by stoichiometric composition of the combustible mixture, i.e. the oxygen content of the mixture everywhere is sufficient to convert the fuel completely according to the formal chemical equation

$$ C_m H_n + \left( {m + \frac{n} {4}} \right)O_2 \to mCO_2 + \frac{n} {2}H_2 O. $$
((1))

When burning (large) hydrocarbons with n ≈ 2m the stoichiometric C/O-ratio amounts to C/Ostoic = 0.33, for coal with n ≈0 the stoichiometric ratio of carbon to oxygen is C/Ostoic = 0.5. The heat is released and the chemical energy available for mechanical work under these conditions is close to the maximum.

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Bockhorn, H. (2000). Soot Formation and Oxidation. In: Vovelle, C. (eds) Pollutants from Combustion. NATO Science Series, vol 547. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4249-6_11

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