Fuels & Combustion detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AE551), 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.
For all other aero 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Aero 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-1 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-1. The detail syllabus for fuels & combustion is as follows.
Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Comprehend the basic properties of fuel.
- Acquire the knowledge of fuel treatment.
- Understand the combustion fundamentals and performance.
Module 1
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Module 2
Fuel Treatment: Introduction, Types of Hydrocarbons, Paraffins, Olefins, Naphthenes, Aromatics, Production of Liquid Fuels, Removal of Sulfur Compounds, Contaminants, Asphaltenes, Gum, Sediment, Ash, Water, Sodium, Vanadium, Additives, Gum Prevention, Corrosion Inhibition/Lubricity Improvers, Anti-Icing, Antistatic-Static Dissipators, Metal Deactivators, Antismoke.
Module 3
Alternative Fuels aerospace applications: Hydrogen, Methane, Propane, Ammonia, Alcohols, Slurry fuels, Synthetic fuels, Fuels Produced by Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis of Coal/Biomass, Biofuels, Alternative fuel Properties, Combustion and Emissions Performance, Fischer-Tropsch Fuels, Biodiesel Fuels, Highly Aromatic (Broad Specification.
Basic Considerations: Introduction to Gas turbine Combustor, Basic Design Features, Combustor Requirements, Combustor Types and parts, Fuel Preparation, Atomizers, liner wall-cooling Techniques, combustor stability limits, combustor exit temperature traverse quality (pattern factors), Combustors for Low Emissions.
Module 4
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Module 5
Combustion Performance: Combustion Efficiency, The Combustion Process, Reaction-Controlled Systems, Burning Velocity Model, Stirred Reactor Model, Mixing-Controlled Systems, Evaporation-Controlled Systems, Reaction- and Evaporation-Controlled Systems. Flame Stabilization & Fuel Classification: Definition of Stability Performance, Measurement of Stability Performance, Bluff-Body Flame holders, Stabilization, Mechanisms of Flame Stabilization, Flame Stabilization in Combustion Chambers, Classification of Liquid Fuels, Aircraft Gas Turbine Fuels, Engine Fuel System, Aircraft Fuel Specifications, Classification of Gaseous Fuels.
Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the fuel properties and fuel treatment process.
- Select the alternative fuels for aerospace applications.
- Compute the combustion performance.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions
- Interpretation of data
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question consists of 16 marks.
- There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Arthur H. Lefebvre & Dilip R. Ballal, Gas Turbine Combustion, CRC Press, 3rd Edition, 2010
- Minkoff, G.J., and C.F.H. Tipper, Chemistry of Combustion Reaction, London Butterworths, 1962.
- Samir Sarkar, Fuels & Combustion, Orient Long man 1996.
Reference Books:
- Wilson, P.J. and J.H. Wells, Coal, Coke and Coal Chemicals, McGraw-Hill, 1960.
- Williams, D.A. and G. James, Liquid Fuels, London Pergamon, 1963.
- Gas Engineers Handbook, New York, Industrial Press, 1966.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Aero, 2017 regulation do visit Aero 5th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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