FE Mechanical Exam Prep 74, Combustion Air Fuel and Energy Balances

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - How to write and balance a stoichiometric combustion equation for a hydrocarbon fuel. - The critical difference between percent theoretical air and percent excess air. - How to calculate the air-fuel ratio (AFR) on a mass basis for any combustion scenario. - Applying the first law of thermodynamics to reacting systems to find heat transfer. - Understanding the equivalence ratio and its role in defining lean versus rich mixtures. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep