Short description
A handbook and design guide for understanding, developing and operating industrial process furnaces. It covers various aspects of furnace and combustion operation, including the combustion process and its control, furnace fuels, efficiency, burner design and selection, aerodynamics, heat release profiles, furnace atmosphere and emissions.
Long description
A complete handbook and design guide for understanding, developing and operating industrial process furnaces effectively. It is aimed at industrial practitioners and is also suitable for senior students of mechanical, chemical and process engineering. The book will be invaluable for any engineer working in an industry where the product is directly heated or where heat transfer performance is critical. These include all refining based industries, ore and metal smelting and production, cement, ceramic and glass manufacture, mineral production, petrochemical production, pulp and paper, waste incineration, baking and food processing, the nuclear industry and consumer goods finishing industries. The installed process furnace base is in the millions (FCT Industry data).Most furnaces need to be configured specifically to the process they are used for: this book shows how. This book offers up-to-date and comprehensive reference covering not only the principles of best practice operation but also the essential elements of furnace theory and design that are essential for engineers and all practitioners who use or work with furnaces, ovens and combustion based systems. It provides invaluable coverage of all key process furnace applications. It is an ideal resource for chemical and process, mechanical, design and combustion engineers and students for both task based problem solving and more detailed analysis work.It takes a holistic, stepped approach to complex heat and mass transfer and combustion problems, breaking topics down to their constituent parts for easy understanding and solution. Case studies and practical examples further assist in the application of complex analysis to real-world problems. Unlike other books written specifically on combustion or furnace operation, this book covers all aspects of furnace and combustion operation, including the combustion process and its control, furnace fuels, efficiency, burner design and selection, aerodynamics, heat release profiles, furnace atmosphere ad emissions, and brings all these elements together to show how to achieve optimum design and operation. Practical chapters on fuel handling, furnace control, emissions control and regulations, construction and maintenance practice ensure that this book provides the most comprehensive single reference on Industrial Furnaces available.