Unit 1

Fuels: Classification and Characteristics of fuels, Calorific values, Comparison between solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, calorific values of fuels, determination of calorific values using Bomb calorimeter, Boy's calorimeter, theoretical calculation of calorific value using Dulong formula and numericals of Calorific values. Types of fuels: - Solid: Coal, proximate and ultimate analysis of coal and numericals, carbonisation of coal in Otto-Hoffman oven with recovery of by-products, metallurgical coke; Liquid: Petroleum products --- mining and refining of petroleum,knocking, numericals based on combustion of fuels (excluding flue gas analysis).

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Unit 2

Engineering Materials: Portland Cement: manufacturing by Rotary Kiln, role of gypsum, chemistry of setting and hardening of cement. Glass: manufacturing by tank furnace, significance of annealing, types and properties of soft glass, hard glass, borosilicate glass. Polymers: Basic concepts & terminology, classification and functionality of polymers, Properties and applications of (excluding synthesis): polyethylene, polymethacrylate, nylon, bakelite, polycarbonate, conducting polymers, liquid crystalline polymers, biodegradable polymers.

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Unit 3

Water: Introduction, water quality standards, physical, chemical and biological characteristics; hardness of water, disadvantages of hardness, determination of hardness (EDTA method) and related numerical questions, Alkalinity of water and related numericals. Boiler problems with hard water and their prevention: Scale and sludge formation, boiler corrosion, caustic embrittlement, priming and foaming, boiler water treatment - internal or in-situ: carbonate and phosphate conditioning, colloidal and Calgon conditioning; external treatment: (a) Lime soda process and related numericals (b) Zeolite process and numericals (c) Ion-exchange process. Desalination, Reverse Osmosis, Electrodialysis.

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Unit 4

Corrosion and its Control: Definition, effects, theory (mechanisms): dry/chemical, wet/electrochemical corrosion, Pilling-Bedworth ratio; Types of corrosion: Galvanic corrosion, Soil corrosion, Pitting corrosion, Concentration cell or Differential Aeration corrosion, Stress corrosion; Passivity. Factors influencing corrosion; protective measures: galvanization, cathodic protection, sacrificial anodic protection; electroplatingCorrosion and its Control: Definition, effects, theory (mechanisms): dry/chemical, wet/electrochemical corrosion, Pilling-Bedworth ratio; Types of corrosion: Galvanic corrosion, Soil corrosion, Pitting corrosion, Concentration cell or Differential Aeration corrosion, Stress corrosion; Passivity. Factors influencing corrosion; protective measures: galvanization, cathodic protection, sacrificial anodic protection; electroplating.

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