Modelling of Gas-Fired Furnaces and Boilers provides a comprehensive description of the physical and mathematical modelling techniques used in the design and developmentof modern gas-fired industrial heating plant. It brings together, under one cover, a wealth of knowledge drawn from within British Gas and other energy supply and process industries. The book is self-contained and the topics covered include basic combustion theory, the fundamentals of scaling and similarity criteria, convective and radiative heat transfer, and experimental and mathematical modelling techniques. A number of case studies are also described to demonstrate the application of modelling to practical plant design. The text in intended for use by plant designers and researchers who have little previous experience. It is also a practical handbook of techniques, data and references and will be of interest to those with previous modelling experience.
Nomenclature
Chapter 1 : An Introduction to Modelling
Chapter 2 : Heat Transfer and Combustion in Gas-Fired Plant
Chapter 3 : Scaling and Similarity Criteria
Chapter 4 : Theory of Combustion Modelling
Chapter 5 : Convective Heat Transfer
Chapter 6 : Analogies for the Physical Modelling of Convective Heat Transfer
Chapter 7 : Model Design and Techniques for Flow Visualization and Measurement
Chapter 8 : Flame Simulation Techniques
Chapter 9 : The Determination of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients in Physical Models
Chapter 10 : Radiation Transfer from Surfaces and Gases
Chapter 11 : Calculation Methodes for Radiation Analysis
Chapter 12 : Mathematical Modelling
Chapter 13 : The Mathematical Modelling of Transient Processes
Chapter 14 : Applications of The Zone Method
Chapter 15 : Case Studies of The Physical and Mathematical Modelling of Low-Temperature Plant
Chapter 16 : Case Studies of The Physical and Mathematical Modelling of High-Temperature Plant
Appendix 1 : Properties of Natural Gas Combustion Products and of Air
Appendix 2 : Thermal Properties of Some Common Load and Insulating Materials
Appendix 3 : Direct Exchange Areas for Calculating Radiation Transfer in Rectangular Furnaces
Appendix 4 : Numerical Solution of Systems of Non-Linear Equations
Author Index
Subject Index
