At steady-state, fuel oil is supplied at 0.01 gal/min to an oil furnace for home heating....

At steady-state, fuel oil is supplied at 0.01 gal/min to an oil furnace for home heating. (Note: 1 gal = 3.785*10^-3 m^3). The fuel oil density is 870 kg/m^3. Combustion air at 65°F and 1 atm enters the furnace with a volumetric flow rate of 15.2 ft^3/min. Determine the mass flow rate of combustion product gases flowing up the chimney flue. Also, determine the average velocity of the flue gas if the gas temperature is 225°F and the flue diameter is 9 in. Assume that the flue gases behave as an ideal gas with an apparent molecular weight of 29 kg/kmol. Also, assume that the pressure in the flue is essentially 1 atm (absolute).

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