Fuels & Combustion Detailed Syllabus for Thermal Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Fuels & Combustion M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.<\/p>\n
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.<\/p>\n
UNIT \u2013 I: Fuels:<\/strong> Detailed classification \u2013 Conventional and Unconventional Solid, Liquid, gaseous fuels and nuclear fuels \u2013 Origin of Coal \u2013 Analysis of coal. Coal \u2013 Carborisation, Gasification and liquification \u2013 Lignite: petroleum based fuels \u2013 problems associated with very low calorific value gases: Coal Gas \u2013 Blast Furnace Gas Alcohols and Biogas.<\/p>\n UNIT \u2013 II : Principles of Combustion:<\/strong> Chemical composition \u2013 Flue gas analysis \u2013 dew point of products \u2013 Combustion stoichiometry. Chemical kinetics \u2013 Rate of reaction \u2013 Reaction order \u2013 Molecularity \u2013 Zeroth, first, second and third order reactions – complex reactions \u2013 chain reactions. Theories of reaction Kinetics \u2013 General oxidation behavior of HC\u2019s.<\/p>\n UNIT \u2013 III: Thermodynamics of Combustion:<\/strong> Enthalpy of formation \u2013 Heating value of fuel – Adiabatic flame Temperature \u2013 Equilibrium composition of gaseous mixtures.<\/p>\n UNIT \u2013 IV: Laminar and Turbulent Flames Propagation and Structure:<\/strong> Flame stability \u2013 Burning velocity of fuels \u2013 Measurement of burning velocity \u2013 factors affecting the burning velocity. Combustion of fuel, droplets and sprays \u2013 Combustion systems \u2013 Pulverized fuel furnaces \u2013 fixed, Entrained and Fluidised Bed Systems.<\/p>\n UNIT \u2013 V: Environmental Considerations:<\/strong> Air pollution \u2013 Effects on Environment, Human Health etc. Principal pollutants \u2013 Legislative Measures \u2013 Methods of Emission control.<\/p>\n REFERENCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n