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Gaseous Fuels
Gaseous Fuels
Gaseous Fuels
Uses
cooking
Domestic & industrial heating
Furnace & heater
For fertilizer production
LPG
Uses
Composition
Propane + Propane 40-55%
Butane + Butane 30%
Ethylene + Ethane 8-12%
H2 6-8 %
H2S 6-8 %
Calorific value 20500 Kcal/Nm3
Sp. Gravity 1.35
Producer Gas
Mixture of CO + N2 (1: 2 by vol)
Produced by blowing air or mixture of air &
steam over hot bed of coal.
Bituminous, anthracite & coke are used as raw
materials
Composition depends on fuel, air, air + steam
& operating variables
General Range of products (from coal) % volume
CO 20-30
N2 46-55
H2 11-20
CO2 4-6
CH4 0-3
C.V 1250-1550Kcal/Nm3
Sp. Gravity 0.85-0.90
Coal
Reduction zone :- The gas entering this zone has a high content
of CO2 &H2O vapours.
In this zone, at high temperature of 1100-1200oC H2 & CO are
formed rapidly & CO2 & H2O vap. content fall.
The temp. falls in this zone to 800 oC
Drying/ Carbonization zone
Fresh fuel fed at top comes into contact with
the hot gases leaving the reduction zone. The
fuel gets dried and preheated thus adding water
vapours & carbonization gases to the gas
leaving producer.
Gas space
Heating Value of gas slightly decrease in gas
space due to Rxn:
CO +H2O CO2 + H2