Fuel and Furnaces
Get the full GTU study material, English & Gujarati textbook PDFs, syllabus curriculum, and solved previous year question papers.
English Book & Chapters
English Book Coming Soon
We are working hard to add this material. Stay tuned for updates!
Follow on Instagram for UpdatesGTU Previous Year Papers
Fuel and Furnaces Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fuel and Furnaces (subject code 4335205) as prescribed for CT · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 25 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 (4335205)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Kilns & furnaces used in the ancient age
- 1.2. Importance of fuels in ceramic industry. 1.3Principles of combustion. 1.4Importance of kilns and furnaces
Unit 2 CLASSIFICATION OF FUELS 2a.Give classification of fuels.
- 2.1. Various types of fuels, Solid, Liquid, Gaseous, Electricity.
- 2.2. Method of manufacturing of various types synthetic fuels.
Unit 3 PROPERTIES OF FUELS 3a.Explain properties of different fuels.
- 3.1. Properties of solid fuels.
- 3.2. Properties of liquid fuels.
- 3.3. Properties of gaseous fuels.
- 3.4. Properties of synthetic and electric fuels.
- 3.5. Method of determining calorific value of fuels.
- 3.6. Efficiency of fuels.
- 3.7. Suitability of fuels for ceramic industries.
Unit 4 Classification of Kilns for Ceramic Industry 4a.Give classification of kilns & Furnaces. 4b.Explain construction and function of kilns.
- 4.1. Classification of kilns & furnaces
- 4.2. Construction and function of up draft kilns and down draft kilns
- 4.3. Construction and function of tunnel Fuels and Furnaces Course Code: 4335205 kilns
- 4.4. Construction and functions of modern type of shuttle kilns and roller kilns
Unit 5 Glass and Enameling Furnaces
- 5.1. Construction and function of pot furnace
- 5.2. Construction and function of tank furnaces
- 5.3. Construction and function of recuperative and regenerative type of furnaces
- 5.4. Construction and function of muffle furnace for enameling.
- 5.5. Construction and function of frit furnace.
Unit 6 Kiln Accessories
- 6.1. Brief explanation about fire box, chimney, crown, damper, saggers, muffles & kiln furniture.
- 6.2. Explain about burners & types of Burners.
Unit 7 TEMPERATURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT 7a.Explain temperature measurement process inside the kiln. 7b.Discuss temperature measurement equipment.
- 7.1. Detail study of measurement inside the kilns temperature.
- 7.2. Details of various equipments for measurements to such as thermo couple pyrometers, pyroscopes.
- 7.3. Details of optical pyrometer, resistance pyrometer and radiation pyrometer Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
Study on Android App:
