Fuel Furnace and Refractories
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Fuel Furnace and Refractories Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Fuel Furnace and Refractories (subject code 4332104) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 23 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 (4332104)Unit 1 Introduction to Fuels
- 1.1. Introduction and classification of fuels.
- 1.2. Definition of flash point, fire point, and combustion of fuels.
- 1.3. Importance and comparison of solid, liquid and gaseous fuel
- 1.4. Fossil fuel industries in India
Unit 2 Industrial Fuels
- 2.1.1. Origin, composition and types of coal.
- 2.1.2. Characteristics and significance of constituents
- 2.1.3. Testing of coal- Calorific value by Bomb calorimeter, Proximate and Ultimate analysis of coal
- 2.1.4. Selection of Metallurgical coal
- 2.2.1. The scope and objectives of Fuel, Furnaces and Refractories Course code: 4332104 carbonization of coal
- 2.2.2. Carbonization of coal
- 2.2.3. Low Temperature carbonization (LTC) and High Temperature carbonization (HTC)
- 2.3. Distillation process of crude petroleum
- 2.4. Production, composition and uses of Coke oven gas, water gas and producer gas.
- 2.5. Composition and use of blast furnace gas.
Unit 3 Metallurgical furnaces
- 3.2. 3.2 Classify furnaces based on application, processes and fuels,.
- 3.3. 3.3 Principle, working procedure, construction and application of below mentioned furnaces; a. Production furnaces- Blast furnace, Electric Arc furnace. b. Melting furnaces – Cupola furnace, Crucible furnace, Induction furnace, Electric furnaces. c. Heat treatment furnaces - Muffle furnace, Salt bath furnace
- 3.4. Atmospheric control in various furnaces
Unit 4 Refractories
- 4.1. Definition and classification of refractory.
- 4.2. Duties to perform by refractory
- 4.3. Properties of refractory material.
- 4.4. General method of manufacturing refractory
- 4.5. Properties and applications of silica, fire clay, magnesia, dolomite, chrome magnesite, and graphite bricks.
- 4.6. Test of refractories like visual inspection, Pyrometric cone equivalent (PCE) test, RUL test and wear resistance test. Fuel, Furnaces and Refractories Course code: 4332104
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