Second law analysis of fuel consumption in furnaces

Ernest S. Geskin

Energy, 1980, vol. 5, issue 8, 949-954

Abstract: Fuel utilization in a furnace is controlled by the theoretical temperature of fuel combustion TH, given by the relation TH = Tc(l − r). Here, Tc is the theoretical adiabatic flame temperature and r is the fraction of flue gases energy utilized in the furnace. TH is the temperature of the so-called “high temperature reservoir”. Furnace thermal efficiency, and the availability of the fuel chemical energy, are functions of TH.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(80)90112-7

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