15CR42T: Furnace Technology Ceramics 4th Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Furnace Technology detail DTE Kar Diploma syllabus for Ceramics Engineering (CR), C15 scheme is extracted from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15CR42T), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.

For all other ceramics 4th sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Ceramics 4th Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. The detail syllabus for furnace technology is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Inorganic Chemistry, Manufacturing Technology, Ceramic Calculation

Course Objectives:

Students will be able to illustrate and categorise various types of fuels, their properties, qualities, & uses in ceramic industries. Also operate various laboratorial & industrial furnaces.

Course Outcomes:

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1. Fuels and Classification

Introduction & definition of fuel, Classification of fuels with examples, General properties of fuel. Types – solid, liquid & gaseous fuels with their properties, uses, advantages & disadvantages and comparison. Formation of coal, classification of coal by rank. Formation petroleum, producer gas, biogas. Pulverisation of coal & its advantages. Understand Nuclear fuels & its uses.
Define calorific value of fuel & its types, Thermal efficiency of fuel, flash point, fire point, flow point, cloud point, Pour point and viscosity of fuel. Explain with neat sketch Bomb calorimeter, Boy’s gas calorimeter, Junker’s gas calorimeter & Orsat apparatus.
Alternative Energy Sources – solar thermal and microwave generation their uses, advantages and disadvantages.

2. Fuel Calculation

Analysis of coal: Proximate analysis like moisture, ash, volatile matter, fixed carbon content & Ultimate analysis like Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Oxygen & Gross Calorific value, Dulong’s formula. Derive & solve problems based on Bomb calorimeter & Junker’s calorimeter.

3. Industrial furnaces and kilns

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4. Kiln Accessories

Brief explanation about fire box, chimney, crown, damper, stack, saggers, muffles & kiln furniture. Define draught; explain types & mechanism of Draught. Introduction to burners, types of Burners. Define & explain atomization of fuel.

5. Temperature Measuring Instruments

Definition of pyroscopes, types and operation, Explain types, working, uses, advantages & disadvantages of thermocouples, thermopiles, pyrometer (resistance, radiation & optical) and Infrared thermometer.

6. Firing Practice

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List of Reference Books.

1. Fuels Furnaces & Refractories O P Gupta
2. Industrial Ceramics Singer & Singer
3. Glass technology R Charan
4. Engineering Materials Rangwala
5. Fuels Furnaces Refractories & Pyrometry AVK Suryanarayana, BS Publications
6. Industrial Furnaces W Trinks

E-resource

1. http://www.en.wikipedia.org
2. http://www.indfurnace.com
3. http://www.hightemp-furnaces.com
4. http://www.york.com/residential/products/furnaces
5. http://energy.gov/energysaver/articles/furnaces-and-boilers
6. http://www.kilns.co.uk
7. http://www.paragonweb.com
8. http://www.bigceramicstore.com/kilns.html

Video links

1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBqhGHfzQFQ
2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTH_RMPgp3k
3. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0xL2BzdpYk
4. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZLNhfjkWDY
5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjgyIkHfLY
6. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUr73BD2VBg

Suggested Student Activity

1. Student should prepare a dry pressed article of their own composition, fire the same and make report on it.
2. Visit a nearby ceramic industry and make a report on the product manufactured.
3. Arrange a guest lecture on fuels and furnaces, and student should make a report on the talk given.
4. Surf the internet /books and gather information regarding advanced temperature measuring equipment and make a report on it.

Note: Student should prepare hand written report with minimum 2-3 pages and reports should not be copied from earlier batches. And other similar tasks can be assigned.

Model Question Paper:

(CIE)

1. Describe various fuels with examples.
2. Draw a neat sketch of orsat apparatus

OR Draw a neat sketch of bomb calorimeter

3. Calculate the %moisture content of coal. Its original weight is 24.09 gms and its dry weight is 37.4 gms with crucible. Weight of crucible is 15.5 gms.
4. State Dulong’s formula

Model Question Paper:

Part-A

Answer any 6 of the following 6×5=30 marks

1. List the general properties of fuel
2. Describe a note on nuclear fuel
3. Calculate the %moisture content of coal. Its original weight is 24.09 gms and its dry weight is 37.4 gms with crucible. Weight of crucible is 15.5 gms.
4. Define furnace & list various furnaces.
5. Draw a neat sketch and label the parts of muffle furnace.
6. Describe kiln furnitures.
7. Compare pyroscopes and pyrometers.
8. Describe thermocouples
9. Explain lighting up of furnace

Part-B

Answer any 7 of the following

1. Describe formation of coal with drift & In-situ theory
1. Explain generation of wind energy with neat sketch
2. Write the uses of solar energy
3. The proximate analysis (%air dried basis), the ultimate analysis (%d.m.m.f basis) and experimental gross calorific value (kcal/kg on air dried basis) is as follows: 10

Proximate Analysis % Ultimate Analysis % C.V., kcal/kg

[Moisture Volatile Matter Ash Fixed Carbon C H O N S (experimental value)], [2 30 16 52 86 6 5 2 1 6900]
Calculate its gross calorific value (CG kca/kg) using Modified Dulong formula.

1. Estimate the % volatile matter of coal whose dry weight is 15.8 gms and after loss of volatile matter is 10.6 gms. 05
2. Draw and label the parts of bomb calorimeter 05
5. Explain construction & working of Bull trench kiln with sketch 10
6. Illustrate with neat diagram construction & working of Blast furnace 10
1. list example for moving article type furnace. 04
2. Explain firebox, damper & chimney 06
1. Describe mechanism of draught 05
2. List the advantages & disadvantages of thermocouples 05
9. Write an explanatory note on optical pyrometer with sketch 10
10. Explain the firing defects with their cause and remedies for black coring & sulphuring

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