TE 9214 FUELS AND COMBUSTION SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY ME THERMAL ENGINEERING 1ST SEM SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011 2012-2013

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TE 9214 FUELS AND COMBUSTION SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY ME THERMAL ENGINEERING 1ST SEM SYLLABUS REGULATION 2009 2011 2012-2013 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY FIRST SEMESTER ME THERMAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS, TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS,EXAM PORTIONS,QUESTION BANK,PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPERS,MODEL QUESTION PAPERS, CLASS NOTES, IMPORTANT 2 MARKS, 8 MARKS, 16 MARKS TOPICS. IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011 2012-2013 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI, TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2009 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009

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UNIT I CHARACTERIZATION 8
Fuels - Types and Characteristics of Fuels - Determination of Properties of Fuels - Fuels
Analysis - Proximate and Ultimate Analysis - Moisture Determination - Calorific Value -
Gross & Net Calorific Values - Calorimetry - DuLong’s Formula for CV Estimation - Flue
gas Analysis - Orsat Apparatus - Fuel & Ash Storage & Handling - Spontaneous Ignition
Temperatures.
UNIT II SOLID FUELS & LIQUID FUELS 10
(a) Solid Fuels
Types - Coal Family - Properties - Calorific Value - ROM, DMMF, DAF and Bone Dry
Basis - Ranking - Bulk & Apparent Density - Storage - Washability - Coking & Caking
Coals - Renewable Solid Fuels - Biomass - Wood Waste - Agro Fuels - Manufactured
Solid Fuels.
(b) Liquid Fuels
Types - Sources - Petroleum Fractions - Classification - Refining - Properties of Liquid
Fuels - Calorific Value, Specific Gravity, Flash & Fire Point, Octane Number, Cetane
Number etc, - Alcohols - Tar Sand Oil - Liquefaction of Solid Fuels.
UNIT III GASEOUS FUELS 7
Classification - Composition & Properties - Estimation of Calorific Value - Gas
Calorimeter. Rich & Lean Gas - Wobbe Index - Natural Gas - Dry & Wet Natural Gas -
Stripped NG - Foul & Sweet NG - LPG - LNG - CNG - Methane - Producer Gas -
Gasifiers - Water Gas - Town Gas - Coal Gasification - Gasification Efficiency - Non -
Thermal Route - Biogas - Digesters - Reactions - Viability - Economics.
UNIT IV COMBUSTION : STOICHIOMETRY & KINETICS 12
Stoichiometry - Mass Basis & Volume Basis - Excess Air Calculation - Fuel & Flue Gas
Compositions - Calculations - Rapid Methods - Combustion Processes - Stationary
Flame - Surface or Flameless Combustion - Submerged Combustion - Pulsating & Slow
Combustion Explosive Combustion.
Mechanism of Combustion - Ignition & Ignition Energy - Spontaneous Combustion -
Flame Propagation - Solid, Liquid & Gaseous Fuels Combustion - Flame Temperature -
Theoretical, Adiabatic & Actual - Ignition Limits - Limits of Inflammability.

UNIT V COMBUSTION EQUIPMENTS 8
Coal Burning Equipments - Types - Pulverized Coal Firing - Fluidized Bed Firing - Fixed
Bed & Recycled Bed - Cyclone Firing - Spreader Stokers - Vibrating Grate Stokers -
Sprinkler Stokers, Traveling Grate Stokers.
Oil Burners - Vaporizing Burners, Atomizing Burners - Design of Burners.
Gas Burners - Atmospheric Gas Burners - Air Aspiration Gas Burners - Burners
Classification according to Flame Structures - Factors Affecting Burners & Combustion.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS :
1. Samir Sarkar, Fuels & Combustion, 2nd Edition, Orient Longman, 1990
2. Bhatt, Vora Stoichiometry, 2nd Edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1984
3. Blokh AG,Heat Transfer in Steam Boiler Furnace, Hemisphere Publishing Corpn,
1988.
REFERENCES :
1. Civil Davies, Calculations in Furnace Technology, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1966
2. Sharma SP, Mohan Chander, Fuels & Combustion, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1984