Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories

Fuels, Furnaces and Refractories focuses on the sources and efficient use of energy available to modern industry.
This book begins with the classification, properties, tests, and different kinds of fuels, as well as trends in fuel utilization. This text also tackles the generation and distribution of electricity from both chemical and nuclear energy sources. Subsequent chapters focus on the thermodynamics, physics, chemistry, and kinetics of combustion of fuels; the burner design; the heat transfer and flow of gases through furnaces and flues; and ways of controlling energy supply rates and temperatures. The refractory materials, which are heat-resisting substances, are also described.

Contenu

Part I: Fuels

Chapter 1: Classification of Fuels

Chapter 2: Properties and Tests

Chapter 3: Coal

Chapter 4: Carbonization

Chapter 5: Coke

Chapter 6: Gaseous Fuels

Chapter 7: Liquid Fuels

Chapter 8: Electrical Energy

Chapter 9: Trends in Fuel Utilization

Part II: Furnaces

Chapter 10: The Evolution of Heat

Chapter 11: The Combustion of Fuel

Chapter 12: The Conversion of Electrical Energy to Heat

Chapter 13: Heat Transfer

Chapter 14: Thermal Efficiency

Chapter 15: Furnace Aerodynamics

Chapter 16: Furnace Construction

Chapter 17: Classification of Furnaces

Chapter 18: Laboratory Furnaces

Part III: Refractories

Chapter 19: Classification of Refractories

Chapter 20: Properties and Testing

Chapter 21: Manufacture of Refractories

Chapter 22: Alumino-Silicate Refractories

Chapter 23: Silica Bricks

Chapter 24: Magnesite-Chromite Refractories

Chapter 25: Carbon

Chapter 26: Insulating Refractories

Chapter 27: Special Refractories

Part IV: Instrumentation

Chapter 28: Pyrometry and Control

Appendix

Bibliography

Index