Fuels & Furnaces
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The official GTU curriculum for Fuels & Furnaces (subject code BE05021031) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 40 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 (BE05021031)Unit 1 Fuels - General
- Comparative study of solid
- liquid and gaseous fuels
- classification and grading of coal
- Testing of fuels like: Grindability
- Caking properties
- Calorific value
- Proximate and Ultimate analysis
- Flash and Fire point
- Viscosity etc
- Non- conventional Energy Resources like Nuclear fuel
- Bio- mass
- Hydrogen, etc
Unit 2 Fuels - Manufacturing
- Carbonization of coal: Coke making and by-products
- Producer gas, Water gas, Natural gas, LPG, Blast furnace gas, Coke oven gas, LD gas
- Storage of fuels
- Combustion of fuels and problems based on air supplied
- excess air and products of combustion
Unit 3 Furnaces
- Definition and Classification of Furnaces
- Construction and working of furnaces like Cupola
- Induction furnace
- Arc furnace
- Resistance furnace
- Pit furnace
- Rotary furnace
- Muffle furnace etc
- Evolution of heat and flame temperature
- Available heat
- induced and balanced draft
- Chimney height
- Heat losses in furnaces and minimization
- Waste heat recovery
Unit 4 Refractories
- Properties and testing of refractories
- General production method of refractories
- Selection of refractories for metallurgical applications
- Special types of refractories
Unit 5 Temperature Measurement and Control
- Basic concept of temperature measurement and control
- Thermocouples: Principal
- types and advantages
- Optical and Radiation pyrometers: principle
- working and advantages
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