furnace fuel
41Wood fuel — is wood used as fuel. The burning of wood is currently the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally for fueling steam engines and steam turbines that generate… …
42Muffle furnace — An Automatic Oil Muffle Furnace, circa 1910. Petroleum is contained in tank A, and is kept under pressure by pumping at intervals with the wooden handle, so that when the valve B is opened, the oil is vaporized by passing through a heating coil… …
43Blast furnace gas — (BFG)[1] is a by product of blast furnaces that is generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron. It has a very low heating value, about 93 BTU/cubic foot, because it consists of about 60 percent nitrogen, 18 20% carbon… …
44gas furnace — noun a furnace that burns gas • Hypernyms: ↑furnace * * * 1. a furnace using gas as a fuel. 2. a furnace for distilling gas from a solid fuel, as coal. [1870 75] * * * gas furnace, 1. a furnace for manufacturing gas. 2. a furnace that burns gas …
45Pulverised fuel firing — is a solid fuel burning technique in which the fuel (often coal) is pulverised before being ignited. It is the most common method of burning coal for power generation.cite web|publisher=IEA Clean Coal Centre|title=Co firing coal with other fuels …
46Nuclear fuel — Process …
47cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column. * * * cyclone furnace or cyclone boiler, a furnace for burning crushed and very moist subbituminous coal by using a liquid fuel and preheated air that produce a whirling column …
48Oxy-fuel welding and cutting — Oxyacetylene redirects here. For the song, see Cubanate. Side of metal, cut by oxygen propane cutting torch …
49Cupola furnace — A cupola furnace in operation at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan A Cupola or Cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, ni resist iron and some bronzes. The cupola can be made almost any… …
50Solar furnace — For the cooking apparatus see Solar cooker. For electricity generation see Solar updraft tower. A solar furnace is a structure used to harness the rays of the sun in order to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. This is achieved using …
