Fuels, Furnaces, Refractories and Pyrometry
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The official GTU curriculum for Fuels, Furnaces, Refractories and Pyrometry (subject code 2152104) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 5 divides the course into 4 units, covering 31 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 (2152104)Unit 1 Temperature Measurement and Control
- Basic concept of temperature measurement and control
- Thermocouples Principal
- types and advantages
- Optical and Radiation pyrometers: principle
- working and advantages
Unit 2 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
- Hydrogen etc
Unit 3 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 4 Furnaces
- Definition and Classification of Furnaces
- Batch furnaces
- Continuous furnaces
- Construction and working of furnaces like Cupola
- Induction furnace
- Arc furnace
- Resistance furnace
- Pit furnace
- Rotary furnace
- Muffle furnace etc
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