Combustion of Toluene with 30% excess air (Himmelblau)

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Homework Statement


Toluene, C7H8, is burned with 30% excess air. A bad burner cause 15% of the carbon to
form soot (pure C) deposited on the walls of the furnace, what is the Orsat analysis of the
gases leaving the furnace?

Homework Equations


C7H8 + 9 O2 => 7 CO2 + 4 H2O
30% excess of air

What would be the theoretical toluene on which the excess air is based?

The Attempt at a Solution


I get lost with the "A bad burner cause 15% of the carbon to
form soot (pure C) deposited on the walls of the furnace".
If it weren't for that, I could solve this problem easily!

I need help with the 15% carbon to soot.
 
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Of each mole of carbon present in the toluene, how many moles will reach the apparatus?
 
Borek said:
Of each mole of carbon present in the toluene, how many moles will reach the apparatus?
Hi, Borek.

Ok, supposing there are an initial 100 kg-mol of toluene, C7H8.
Each mole has 7 moles of carbon, C.
Then we have 700 kg-mol of C.
The 15% of that is 105 kg-mol.

That means that 85% of toluene will react with oxygen.
Buuuuttt... what happens with the other hydrogen in toluene, C7H8, since Carbon formed soot (pure C), does the hydrogen form H2?

Is the 30% of excess air based on the 85 kg-mol of toluene that do react with oxygen or the original amount?
That's my doubt! Thanks for your time.
 
You are over complicating it. You are not told anything about hydrogen so simply assume it is all converted to H2O.

Excess air doesn't matter - your analysis detects only gaseous combustion products.
 
Borek said:
You are over complicating it. You are not told anything about hydrogen so simply assume it is all converted to H2O.

Excess air doesn't matter - your analysis detects only gaseous combustion products.
Wow, wow, wow!
I never thought of that!

Yeah, obviously, the rest of hydrogen forms water with the oxygen of air.

I need to do the calculations.

Thanks!