Fuel and Combustion
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The official GTU curriculum for Fuel and Combustion (subject code BE04044021) as prescribed for Chem. Green · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 54 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE04044021)Unit 1 Classification and Properties of Fuels
- Definition of Fuels
- Types and characteristics of fuels
- Determination of properties of fuels
- Fuel analysis Proximate and ultimate analysis
- Calorific value (CV)-Gross and net calorific values (GCV
- Bomb Calorimetry-empirical equations for CV estimation
Unit 2 Solid fuels
- Coal origin
- its classification
- composition, and properties
- Coal mining
- preparation, and washing
- Combustion of coal and coke making
- different types of coal combustion techniques
- coal tar distillation
- coal liquefaction: direct and Indirect liquefaction
- coal gasification
- oxidation and hydrogenation
- Efficient use of solid fuels
Unit 3 Liquid Fuels
- Origin and classification of petroleum
- properties & testing of petroleum products
- various petroleum products
- petroleum refining in India
- liquid fuels from other sources
- storage and handling of liquid fuels
Unit 4 Gaseous Fuels
- Types of gaseous fuels: natural gases
- methane from coal mines
- manufactured gases
- producer gas, water gas, biogas and refinery gas, LPG, hydrogen
- other fuel gases
- purification and quality enhancement of gaseous fuels
- study of Solid
- liquid and gaseous fuels-selection of coal for different industrial applications
Unit 5 Stoichiometry of combustion
- General principles of combustion-types of combustion processes
- Estimation of minimum amount of air required for a fuel of known composition
- theoretical and actual combustion processes - Air fuel ratio
- estimation of dry flue gases for known fuel composition
- calculation of the composition of fuel and excess air supplied from exhaust gas analysis
- dew point of products
- Calorific value of fuels
- adiabatic flame temperature
- mechanism and kinetics of combustion
Unit 6 Combustion Equipment
- Combustion of oil, combustion of coal
- combustion of gas, calculation of heat of formation and heat of combustion
- Analysis of flue gases by Orsat apparatus
- Combustion of solid fuels
- grate firing and pulverized fuel firing system
- Fluidized bed combustion
- Circulating fluidized bed boiler
- Factors affecting burners and combustion
- Introduction to different types of furnaces: Heat treatment furnaces
- industrial furnaces
- process furnaces, and kilns
- Applications of batch and continuous furnaces
- oxy-rich combustion. 9 Branch: Chemical Engineering (Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering) Course/Subject Code: BE04044021 Course/Subject Name: Fuel and Combustion w.e.f. 2024-25
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