Chimney Calculations For Wood

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Fuel Water Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Nitrogen

CH1.4O0.6 H2O CO2 O2 N2

Atomic Weight 23 18 44 32 28

Air O2 N2 CO2

% 21 78 0.032 0.001524 4.761905 3125 3.714286

Molar volume 0.0224 m3/mole 273 STP

Formula for burning wood CH1.4O0.6 + 1.05(O2 + 3.76N2) => CO2 + 0.7H2O + 3.95N2 Time to burn fuel Mass of wood used in time above Temp inside chimney % carbon in the wood % water contained in wood Heat content of wood/biomass Mass of actual fuel Rate of fuel burn /min Heat produced Moles of actual fuel (equal to moles of carbon) Mass of carbon Moles of CO2 created during burning Mass of CO2 produced during burning Volume of CO2 produced during burning Mass of O2 need to burn carbon Moles of O2 needed to burn carbon Volume of O2 needed to burn carbon Volume of air needed to supply the above O2 (273) Mass of H2O vapor created in burning Moles of H2O vapor created in burning Volume of H2O vapor created during burning Moles of N2 entering/exiting the flame Mass of N2 entering/exiting the flame Volumes of N2 exiting the flame (273) Volume of CO2 already in the incoming air Mass of H2O in the wood Moles of H2O from wood Volume of H2O vapor from wood itself Volume of gases exiting the flame (273) Ideal Volume of gas exiting the flame (at high Temp) EXCESS AIR FACTOR (actual air flow / ideal air flow) Real air flow per time and mass of wood as above Air flow per second Diameter of chimney Cross-sectional area of chimney Velocity of flue gases testing Area A Velocity of flue gases at any area A NOTE: Velocity should not be more than 3m/sec 3600 750 150 50 12 19.3 660 11.000 3538 28.696 344.348 28.696 1262.609 0.643 964.173913 30.130 0.675 3.214 361.565217 20.087 0.450 111.913 3133.565 2.507 0.001 90.000 5.000 0.112 3.713 5.753 seconds g C % % MJ/Kg g gm/minute Watts moles g moles g m^3 g moles m^3 m^3 g moles m^3 moles g m^3 m^3 g moles m^3 m^3 m^3

Ratio of CO2 to O2 Ratio of air to O2 Ratio of air to CO2 Ratio of N2 to O2

CO2 Density H2O Density N2 Density TOTAL Total Density at high temp

g/m^3 1964.286 803.5714 1250 1306.293 843.0688

proportion 0.1734119 0.1513619 0.6752262 1 g/m^3

M of air 28.57536 Density of air at STP 1.300 kg/m^3 Density of air at flue temp 0.843069 kg/m^3 Height of chimney 2.438 m Gravity 9.810 m/sec^2 Draft of chimney 10.92832 Pascals

outside

POINT X Point Y Temp at point 650.000 300.000 Height difference 2.438 Air Density at point 0.384507 0.6193717 Flue Gas Density at point 0.386368 0.6223702 Draft at point for AIR vs AIR(STP) Draft at point for GAS vs AIR(STP) Draft X-Y for AIR vs AIR Draft X-Y for GAS vs GAS Draft, GAS(Y) outside AIR(X) inside Draft, AIR(Y) outside GAS(X) inside

degC m kg/m^3 kg/m^3

21.89564 16.278437 Pascals 21.85112 16.206724 Pascals -5.61721 -5.64440 5.64440 5.57269

Pascals Pascals Pascals Pascals

2.000 (estimate) 11.505 m^3 0.003 m^3/sec 75.000 mm 0.004 m^2 0.723 m/sec 0.001 3.19583736 m/sec

Specific Gravity CO2 1.52 H2O 0.623 N2 0.971

or/and X is higher than Y X inside, Y outside X top, Y bottom