| Re: [GMCnet] yamaha inverter generator: how to run inside? [message #113186 is a reply to message #113181] |
Wed, 26 January 2011 13:37   |
Ken Henderson
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Gee, did someone ask for the time??? :-)
(I agree with you,. Dr. Mike.)
Ken H.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Michael Lincoln wrote:
> Lunch break time….
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> There was a question of oxygen starvation raised. As a pulmonary
> physician, I couldn't let that go without trying to figure out if it was
> likely to be true or not.
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> 1. Combustion calculation:
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> 1. Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbons, nominally about C8 H18
> (isooctane), specific gravity 114.23 gm/mole
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> 2. Stoichiometric complete combustion of hydrocarbons:
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> CxHy + (x + y/4)O2 --> xCO2 + (y/2)H2O
> 4. Substituting into the equation: C8H18 +(8 + 4.5) O2 à8CO2 +9H2O
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> 5. Thus every molecule of isooctane completely combusted will yield 8
> CO2 and 9 water molecules and consume 12.5 oxygen molecules
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