Elements of Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories

This Books deals with every aspect of fuels, furnaces and refractories in detail, in a single volume. The mein aim behind presentation of this book has been to assimilate the scattered information on the interrelated Topics on one volume for the benefit of students and practising engineers. This books begins with the basic which are the tools for efficient fuel utilization along with the Advanced treatment and latest practices ion the field to give more broader coverage of the subject matter. The text matter has been presented with lots of self-explanatory illustrations, flow charts and solve example for the better understanding of different topics. The text contains eighty chapters, which are classified into following sections :
- General topics
- Solid fuels
- Liquid fuels/petroleum refinery Engg.
- Gaseous fuels
- Combustion
- Furnaces
- Refractories
- Topics related to fuel technology
- Nuclear Fuels & their utilization
- Appendices

In the end detailed Appendix presents the practical data in the form of tables, Mathematical derivations, glossary of terms and classified information as is generally needed by practising engineers.

The concise treatment of the various topics will Help the students of the Engineering degree/diploma and Professional examinations (E. G. AMIE. AMIIM, AMIICHE, AIC etc) to prepare for the examinations with Little effort in short time moreover, it will act as a reference book for practising engineers.

Basically being a chemical engineer, Mr. Om Parkash Gupta has a practising experience of efficient fuel utilization in Steel industry for about more then two decades. Privileged to be the youngest writer of Technical Books in the Country (for he had written his first book at the age of 24 years while doing M. tech at I.I.T., Kanpur in 1979), he has also authored a number of technical papers.

Besides, being the regular faculty member in technical courses for graduate engineers trainees, he had also visited England and France on a Study tour sponsored by united Nations development programme (UNDP) to study the scope of energy conservation steel Plants in 1987.

Section I : General TOPICES :
1. Introduction and Classification of Fuels
2. Fundamentals, Definitions, Units and Their Conversion

Section II : Solid Fuels :
3. Wood, Wood Charcoal and Peat
4. Origin, Composition, Characteristics and Significances of Constituents of Coal
5. Petrography of Coal
6. Washing of Coal
7. The Storage of Coal-Oxidation and Spontaneous Combustion
8. Pulverized Fuel/Coal
9. Uses of Coal
10. Comparative Study of Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Fuels
11. Selection Matters in Coal for Different Uses
12. Mineral Matters in Coal-Ash and Clinker Formation
13. Properties and Testing of Coal
14. Classification of Coal
15. Carbonization of Coal-Coke Making and By-Products Recovery
16. Characteristics and Distribution of Indian Coals
17. Briquetting of Solid Fuels/Coal

Section III : LIQUID FUELS/PETROTEUM REFUNERY Engineering :
18. Origin, Composition, Classification and Constituents of Petroleum-Indian Crudes
19. Processing of Crude Oil-Distillation
20. Cracking-Thermal and Catalytic
21. Reforming-Thermal and Catalytic
22. Polymerization, Alkylation and Isomerisation
23. Purification of Petroleum Products
24. Properties of Petroleum Products
25. Coal Tar Fuels (C. T. F.)
26. Anti-Knock Value and Requisites of Good Quality Gasoline, Diesel, Fuel Oil & Other Petroleum Products
27. Liquid Fuels from Coal by Its Hydrogenation and Liquefication
28. Other Liquid Fuels-Benzol, Shale Oil, Alcohol and Colloidal Fuels
29. Storage and Handling of Liquid Fuels/Fuel Oils

Section IV : GASSEOUS FUELS :
30. Methane, Wood Gas, Gobar Gas, Sewage Gas, and Gas from Underground Gasification of Coal
31. Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Refinery Gases
32. Producer Gas and Water Gas
33. Blast Furnace Gas, Coke Oven and L. D. Converter Gas/steel Plant Fuels
34. Coal Gas from Coal Gasification Processes
35. Coal Gas from Oil Gasification Processes

Section V : COMBUSTION :
36. General Principal of Combustion
37. Types of Combustion Processes
38. Combustion of Solid Fuels-Grate Firing and Pulverized Fuel (P. F.)
39. Burners for Liquid and Gaseous Fuels Combustion
40. Combustion Calculations
41. Gas Analysis and Calorific Value Determination
42. Fluidised Bed Combustion
43. Combustion System and Its Control

Section VI : FURNACES :
44. Furnaces-Introduction
45. Waste Heat Recovery in Furnaces
46. Heat Transfer in Furnaces
47. Control of Furnace Atmosphere
48. Classification of Furnaces
49. Furnaces Used in Steel Plants
50. Furnace Heat Balance Calculations

Section VII: REFRACTORIES :
51. Refractories-Introduction
52. Description of Important Refractories
53. Refractories Used in Various Furnaces/Industries
54. Testing of Refractories
55. Phase Equilibrium in Refractory Materials
56. Insulating Refractories
57. Special Refractories
58. Refractory Cements/Mortars, Castables and Ramming Masses

Section VII : TOPICES RELATED TO FUEL Technology :
59. Fuel Economy/Energy Conservation in Steel Plant
60. Gas Cleaning and Purification
61. Corrosion and Its Prevention
62. Materials of Construction
63. Rocket Fuels

Section IX : Nuclear FUELS & THEIR UTILIZATION :
64. Nuclear Fuels-Introduction
65. Nuclear Fuels Resources in India
66. Nuclear Reactors-An Introduction
67. Basic Components of a Nuclear Reactor
68. Classification of Nuclear Reactors
69. Types of Nuclear Reactors
70. Fast Breeder Reactors
71. Research and Training Reactors
72. Electric Power Generation by Nuclear Reactors
73. Materials Used in Nuclear Power Reactors
74. Reactor Coolants
75. Reactor Control Elements
76. Reprocessing of Spent Fuels
77. Radioactive Waste Hazards
78. Nuclear Fuel Cycle
79. Radioactive Radiation Hazards
80. Enrichment of Uranium
81. Heavy Water Production
82. Cost Analysis
83. Nuclear Research Activity at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay (Bombay)
84. Overall Indian Nuclear Scene
85. Fusion/Thermonuclear Reactors
86. Site Selection for Nuclear Power Reactors
87. Radio Isotopes and their Applications

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