The efficient use of fuel : a text book on fuels and their efficient utilization for the use of students and technical men in industry.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Power
Date:
1958
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    Fluid flow, Chap. 10, 194, see also Bernoulli, Buoyancy, Flow, Friction, Poiseuille, Pressure drop, Stratification, Viscosity Head, 194 Mechanics of, 194 in pipes and ducts, 230 Effect of bends, tees, etc., 207, 213, 215 and convection, 156-163, 164-167 Fluidized bed technique, (petroleum re- fining), 70 Flux density, (radiation), 687 Foaming and priming, 385, see also Carry- over Foodstuffs, Drying of, 676, 684, 686, 691 Forced circulation boilers, 332 Forced circulation furnaces, 539 Forced circulation heating systems, 636, 641 Forced draught fan, 248, 352 Formation of coal, Theories, 5 Forming pressure, (refractories), 600 Fouling factor, (heat transmission), 188 Foundry cores, Drying of, 676 Freeze drying, 686 Freons, (footnote), 645 Friability of stored coal, 86 Friction factor, (Friction loss), 199, (deter- mination), 204, 214 Energy lost by, 196 “From and at 212°F.’’, 316 Frost, Danger in steam trapping, 413 Froth flotation of coal, 39 Fuel/air ratio, (furnaces), 481 Fuel bed, depth, (S.H.), 658, see also Fire bed Gas producers, 426, 437 conservation, ] economy, and efficiency, see under appro- priate appliance or purpose oils, see Liquid fuels ratio, 470 Selection of, 42-47, see also under appro- priate purpose statistics, App. B, 848, (bibliography), 849 Fuel Research Station: Coal Survey, 24 smoke eliminator, 262 Furnace(s): Construction and operation, Chap. 20, 474 General principles, Chap. 19, 445 Special types, Chap. 20, 486 atmospheres, 446 scaling problems, 446 Controlled, 446, 452, 481, 586 Sulphur dioxide in, 447, 450 auxiliary plant, 477 Boiler—design, 340 Bright annealing, 450 chamber, 224 charging, 541 Classification, 453 Coke firing of, 494 Combustion and heat transmission in, 453 control, 513, 549 Cyclone, 292 dampers, 477 efficiency, 456—7 improvements at rebuilds, 482 Furnace(s)—continued Electric, Chap, 22pi573; Furnaces. Flame control, 453 Flow of gases in, 454 calculation of, 217, (fig.), 225 Forced circulation, 539 Fuel economy in, 492 gases, Radiation from, 177 Heat balances, 457, 468, 483, 487, 490-1 Examples of, (table), 458 Heat losses. Sources of, 456, 469 Heating surfaces in; disposition of, 539 Heat input, 454, (rate), 471 recovery methods, 458, 531 release from the flame, 454 instrumentation and control, 469, 487 insulation, 461 hot face, 464 of continuous and intermittent, 463-466 of foundations, 462 Labour-saving appliances, 482 Lead pots, see Melting furnaces load. Heating of, 454, 463, 531 Melting, see Melting furnaces Oil firing of, 494 operation, Practical hints, 470 Pressure drop in, 214 Radiant tube, 538 Radiation losses 466-8 Records of performance, 469 recuperators, 531, see also Recuperators temperature distribution in, 460 regenerators, 184, 461, 488, 492-3, 517, 532, see also Regenerators Re-heating, 525-535 control of, 549 Batch, 527, 549 Continuous, 529, 549, (P.F.), 290 Salt baths, 546 Selection of, 445 Single purpose, 538 Sintering, 500 Soaking pits, 535 Structural features of, 474 Temperature uniformity in, 538 testing, 483, see also Heat Balances Variable flow of heat, 550-555 Fusain, 21 Fusibility of coal ash, 146-7, (table), 146, see also Ash in coal, Clinker Gas, see also Blast furnace gas; Carboniza- tion; Coal gas; Flue gas; Producer gas; Town gas : air ratio in furnace firing, 480 analysis, Chap, 30, 839 Instruments, 758 Blast furnace, see Blast furnace gas boilers, thermostatic control, 780 burners, 478 Control valves, 478 Diffusion, 479, 539 Governors, 480 High pressure, 479 ““ Lazy flame,”’ 539 Low pressure, 479 Modulating control, 784 see Electric through openings,