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of carbon monoxide, and combustion may continue well beyond the
furnace portion of the boiler.
10.5.2
The chemical reaction
In its simplest form, the combustion of natural gas (methane, CH
4
)
with air as a source of oxygen, the chemical reaction can be written
CH
⫹
2(4N
⫹
O )
⇒
CO
⫹
2H O
⫹
8N
⫹
heat
4
2
2
2
2
2
This describes a perfect and complete or stoichiometric combustion
process. In practice, the process is never perfect or complete. Some
carbon monoxide is formed, and some contaminants, such as sulfur,
are present and enter into the process. Sulfuric and nitric acids and
nitrous oxides are often formed, along with other undesirable com-
pounds.
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