Syllabus

Module-I: Introduction
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. [No. of lecture hours: 04]
Module-II: Solid Fuels
Origin, their compositions and classifications, coal characteristics, coal washing, coal storage, carbonization of coal, coal chemicals, and combustion calculations. [No. of lecture hours: 10]
Module-III: Liquid Fuels
Production of crude oil, crude oil distillation, properties of various petroleum products, cracking, reforming, visbreaking processes, coking, alkylation, isomerization, physical properties and liquid fuel testing. [No. of lecture hours: 12]
Module-IV: Gaseous Fuels
Gaseous fuels: origin and properties of natural gas, producer gas, coal gas, water gas, synthetic liquid and gaseous fuels from solid fuels, Gas analysis, and Furnace design. [No. of lecture hours: 09]

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

To implement the knowledge of fuel technology in industrial practices

[1] To be able to develop a basic know-how on fuel properties and their possible utilization.
[2] To be able to interpret and distinguish between the different types of conventional and non-conventional fuels.
[3] To be able to conceptualize ideas in improving performances of conventional fuels.
[4] To be able to understand industrially relevant problems on combustion technology with a research mindset.
[5] To be able to perform combustion calculations and designing equipments.

Samir Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, Universities Press , 2009

S.R. Turns, An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications, McGraw Hill Education , 2012

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