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Fuel to oxygen ratioRunning
Bonding bench. Methane fed at 11 mol. Oxygen demanded 22.08 mol, Oxygen supplied 10 mol. Currently oxygen demanded is over by 12.08 mol.TUNINGABSHARED PAIRS: 411 MOL22.08 mol
t = 0.0s

Oxygen demanded

22.08mol

Oxygen supplied

10mol

11 mol

Bonding bench. Methane fed at 11 mol. Oxygen demanded 22.08 mol, Oxygen supplied 10 mol. Currently oxygen demanded is over by 12.08 mol.

What has to balanceCH4+2O2→CO2+2H2OCH_4 + 2O_2 \rightarrow CO_2 + 2H_2O

What is happening

You are called to a boiler house setting the gas feed against a fixed oxygen supply.

The burner is sooting up and the flue is running rich. Every mole of methane needs 2 moles of oxygen to burn clean, and the supply line delivers 10 moles of oxygen a cycle.