The efficient use of fuel : A text-book on fuels and their efficient utilisation for the use of students and technical men in industry / Prepared under the direction of the Education subcommittee of the Fuel efficiency committee of the Ministry of fuel and power.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Fuel and Power. Fuel Efficiency Committee.
Date:
1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The efficient use of fuel : A text-book on fuels and their efficient utilisation for the use of students and technical men in industry / Prepared under the direction of the Education subcommittee of the Fuel efficiency committee of the Ministry of fuel and power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER PAGE XVIII. FURNACES ..- ae xe a sti re bry erat O The selection of furnaces—Furnace atmospheres—Combustion and heat transmission—Sources of heat loss—Thermal efficiency—Recovery of waste heat—Insulation—The heat losses associated with continuous and intermittent operation—Radiation losses through openings— Other losses—Scientific control—Instruments—Records—Practical hints to operators of furnaces fired by coal, coke and gas, pulverised coal and oil. XIX. SPECIAL FURNACES ee Ae fe ae 4 fe SAOT Structural features—Auxiliary plant—Furnace testing—Melting fur- naces ; hearth, crucible, shaft and cupola furnaces—Sintering furnaces —Kilns and ovens; intermittent and continuous—Furnaces for the glass industry—Reheating furnaces; soaking pits—Heat-treatment furnaces : single-purpose furnaces ; conveyor furnaces; “ top-hat”’ furnaces ; lead pots and salt baths—Furnace control—Variable heat flow in furnaces. “XX. WASTE HEAT BOILERS .. 4 oy Le ay .. 486 The availability of waste heat—Principles of heat recovery in waste heat boilers—Draught—Air inleakages—Feed water treatment—Tube cleaning—Ancillary plant—Efficiency—Economics—Boiler selection. XXI, ELECTRIC FURNACES ok a; ae ae aa .. 499 Electrical terms—Conversion of electricity to heat—Arc heating— Resistance heating—Types of electric furnace—Load characteristics of electric furnaces—General operation of the various types—Electric supply and furnace operation. XXII. JEFRACTORY AND INSULATING MATERIALS .. re eur OL5 Refractories : Influence of refractories on fuel economy—Types of refractories—Raw materials—Manufacture—Constitution of refrac- tories—The chemical and physical properties of refractories—The action of slag, gases and vapours—Jointing cements—Selection and testing. Insulating materials: Classification—Conductivity—Insulating fire- bricks—Lagging and lagging materials. Construction : Methods of building refractory structures and insulating walls. XXIII. UTILISATION OF STEAM FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ah Oe Steam heating—Peak loads—Advantages of steam—Effect of heat gradient—Pressure and heat losses—Heat extraction from steam— Superheated steam—Heat transference—Heating systems—Steam circulating systems—Desuperheating steam—Methods of handling condensate—Multiple effect evaporation—Pressure hot water for heat- ing processes—Fuel economy. XXIV. CENTRAL HEATING a we ey ae ee .. 606 Space heating—Methods employed for central heating—Types of boilers used—Boiler firing—The correct management of central heating and hot water supply. RAVE IORVING. .. ay ee va ae a re we 631 Vapour pressure and the principles of drying—tThe practice of drying— Types of drying plant—Dust collection—Control of conditions— Thermal efficiency—Technical data—Heat losses—Methods of heating, furnaces and fuels, i