Fuels And Combustion / Edition 1

About The Author: Samir Sarkar is Retired Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. He received his doctorate from Kharkov Institute of Technology, USSR, where he was a UNESCO fellow. Professor Sarkar has also worked as a scientist at Bose Institute, Kolkata, and the Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad, Bihar. He has published several technical papers in the areas of coal and petroleum with emphasis on carbonization, hydrogenation and gasification. Table Of Contents: Introduction Energy and energy resources Conventional energy resources Energy: Consumption and demand Electricity: Consumption and generation Bibliography Definitions, Units and Measures Definitions Basis for reporting results of analysis Units and conversion factors International system (SI) of units Bibliography Solid Fuels Introduction Biomass Peat Lignite or brown coal Sub-bituminous coal or black lignite Bituminous coal Semi-anthracite Anthracite Cannel coal and boghead coal Natural coke/SLV fuel Origin of coal Composition of coal Analysis and properties of coal Action of heat on coal Oxidation of coal Hydrogenation of coal Classification of coal Bibliography Processing of Solid Fuels Introduction Coal preparation Storage of coal Carbonisation Briquetting of solid fuels Gasification of solid fuels Liquefaction of solid fuels Problems Bibliography Liquid Fuels Introduction Petroleum Liquid fuels from sources other than petroleum Storage and handling of liquid fuels Bibliography Gaseous Fuels Introduction Types of gaseous fuels Cleaning and purification of gaseous fuels Problems Bibliography Combustion Process (Stoichiometry and Thermodynamics) Combustion stoichiometry Examples Rapid methods of combustion stoichiometry Combustion thermodynamics Problems Bibliography Combustion Process (Kinetics) Nature of combustion process Types of combustion processes Mechanism of combustion reactions Spontaneous ignition temperature (SIT) Velocit