Module 1: Introduction to Combustion
  Lecture 3: Fuels
 
 

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Types of Solid Fuels and Oxidizers:

S. No.

Fuel

Oxidizer

Applications

1

Biomass (Wood, Saw Dust, Rice Husk, Rice Straw, Wheat Straw, etc)

Air/O2

Domestic Burner, Engine With Producer Gas

2

Coal, Coke, Charcoal

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3

Special Fuels
Nitrocellulose (NC), HTPB, CTPB

Nitroglycerine, Ammonium Perchlorate , Ammonium Nitrate, Nitrogen Tetraoxide

Solid Propellant Rocket, Hybrid Rocket