Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH6400 : Fuel Technology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Pradip Chowdhury
Syllabus
Fuels and the carbon cycle in nature, Fossil fuel sources, Sources of alternative fuels, Reserves and production of fossil fuels in the world, Relationships between structure and properties of hydrocarbon fuels, intermolecular interactions, volatility, melting and solidification, density, viscosity, solubility, flash point and the combustion temperature, Solid fuels: origin, their compositions and classifications, coal characteristics, coal washing, coal storage, carbonization of coal, coal chemicals, Liquid fuels: production of crude oil, crude oil distillation, properties of various petroleum products, cracking, reforming, visbreaking processes, Gaseous fuels: origin and properties of natural gas, producer gas, coal gas, water gas, Synthetic liquid and gaseous fuels from solid fuels, Combustion calculations, Gas analysis, Furnace design.
Course Objectives
- To impart basic knowledge of various types of fossil fuels and their properties
- To impart knowledge on both theoretical and experimental aspects of combustion science and technology
Course Outcomes
(1) To be able to develop a basic know-how on fuel properties and their possible utilization <br />(2) To be able to understand industrially relevant problems on combustion technology with a research mindset <br />(3) To be able to conceptualize ideas in improving performances of conventional fuels
Essential Reading
- Samir Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, Universities Press , 2009
- S.R. Turns, An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications, McGraw Hill Education , 2012
Supplementary Reading
- J.S.S Brame and J.G. King, Fuel: Solid, Liquid and Gaseous, Hodder & Stoughton Educational , 1967
- A.I. Levorsen, Geology of Petroleum, CBS , 2004