Fuels ( General Aspects)
• Organic fuels: Origin, classification and general aspects of organic fuels
• Solid fuels: Coal, carbonization of coal, manufacturing of coke by Beehive oven and
By product oven method.
• Liquid fuels: Advantages and refining of petroleum. Cracking, refining, reforming,
polymerization and isomerization of refinery products
• Synthetic petrol( Coal to Liquid, CTL, Technology): Berguis and Fischer Tropsch
process
• Knocking, octane number and anti-knocking agents
• Gaseous fuels: Advantages, manufacturing, composition and calorific value of coal,
gas and oil gas.
Units: II
Fuels (Analyses)
• Ultimate and proximate analysis of coal.
• Determination of solid and gaseous fuels by bomb and Junker’s Calorimeter
respectively.
• Calculations of calorific value based on Dulong’s formula.
• Combustion and requirement of oxygen/ air in combustion process.
• Flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus and its significance.
Units: III
Phase Rule
• Statement, Definition and meaning of the terms involved
• Application to one component system: Water and Sulphur systems
• Reduced Phase Rule and study of two components Ag-Pb, Bi-Cd systems also its
industrial application.
Corrosion
• Definition and its significance
• Mechanisms of corrosion: Chemical(Dry) corrosion and Electrochemical(Wet)
corrosion
• Protection from corrosion: Protective coatings, cathodic protection, sacrificial anode
and modification in designs etc.