Fuel technology

Exemplary fuel technology plant: Refinery for the production of bioethanol

The fuel technology is a field of energy technology , more specifically formulated the energy process technology that deals with the production and conversion of fuels and fuels , as well as the investigation and characterization of its properties in the combustion employed. The aim is to achieve the most favorable behavior possible for low-pollutant and economical use in a furnace .

Like general energy technology, fuel technology is also an interdisciplinary field of activity that overlaps with several related fields.

Sub-areas

Extraction

• Extraction of fossil fuels (→ overlap with mining )
• Production of biogenic fuels (see bioenergy , → overlap with agriculture and forestry )
• Extraction of substitute fuels (→ overlap with waste management )

Refinement or conversion

• Comminution ( grinding , breaking ...) of solid fuels (→ overlap with mechanical process engineering)
• Drying of solid fuels (→ overlap with thermal process engineering)
• Gasification of solid fuels
• Production of biogas through fermentation
• Liquefaction of solid fuels, e.g. B. Coal liquefaction or production of biofuels from biomass
• Purification and conversion of fuel gases (e.g. water gas shift reaction, etc.)
• Coal chemistry / coking industry
• Petrochemicals

Combustion properties

Overlap with combustion technology

• Characterization of the combustion behavior using measured variables:
  • Degassing behavior
  • Ignitability
  • Determination of heating and condensing
  • Determination of the ash and water content of the fuel
  • Ash and slag behavior

literature

• Heinrich Koppers : Manual of fuel technology. Published by Heinrich Koppers A.-G. Eat. W. Girardet, Essen 1928, DNB 573641455 .
• Werner Boie : From fuel to flue gas. Teubner, Leipzig 1957, DNB 450544850
• Wilhelm Gumz: Short manual of fuel and combustion technology. Reprint of the 3rd edition. Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-51615-3 .
• Fritz Brandt : Fuels and combustion calculation. 3. Edition. Vulkan-Verlag, Essen 1999, ISBN 3-8027-5801-3 .

Web links

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