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Asked 28 July 2017

How to calculate oxygen percentage from lambda value

Hi all,
I have the lambda value measured for the engine (lambda=(A/F)actual / (A/F)stoich) and trying to back calculate the oxygen percentage. how to do.
thanks for your time.
best
Thiyaga

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Jörg Leicher
Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V.
You can appromixate the lambda of a combustion process by
lambda = 21/(21-O2measured).
In this equation, O2measured is the dry measured O2 concentration in the flue gas in vol.-%. If you rearrange this equation for O2meas, you have an approximate relation between O2meas and lambda.
Of course, doing a stoichiometric calculation yields a precise result but you need the fuel composition for this. The equation above is more of a quick-and-dirty approach.
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