Draught

1. A power plant makes use of natural draught alone. Determine the height and
diameter of the chimney required for the following data:
Coal consumption rate: 1000 kg/h
Air fuel ratio: 21 kg air per kg coal
Temperature of the flue gas entering the chimney: 500 K
Pressure differential (between air inlet to the boiler and flue gas inlet to the
chimney) is 200 N/m2.
To have better dispersion of the exiting gases, the stack exit velocity (which is also
equal to the velocity of the gases through the chimney) is 10 m/s and wall friction
factor for flow through the chimney is 0.02.
Neglect ash percentage in the coal and heat loss through the chimney. Ambient
temperature is 300 K.

2. An ID fan consumes 6 kW power, with a draft (static) of 20 mm water and gas

velocity 8 m/s. If, instead, an FD is used, it consumes 3 kW ( for the same velocity
and draft). Flue gas temperature and ambient temperature are 500 K and 300 K
respectively. Efficiency of ID fan and FD fan are 75% and 90% respectively.
Determine the air/fuel ratio and fuel consumption rate.