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Furnaces in Ceramic Industry

Language of instruction čeština
Code 635-0811
Abbreviation PKPr
Course title Furnaces in Ceramic Industry
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jozef Vlček, Ph.D.

Summary

Types of furnace and heat apparatuses in ceramic and glass production.
Characteristics of heat and mass transfer. Application on dryung and firing of
ceramies, melting and heat treatment of glass, processes in excharger systems.
Technological processes at drying, firing and melting. Mass and energy
balances, application on technological processes at ceramic and glass
production, Drying kilns for raw materials and products. Furnaces in cement,
ceramic and glass industry.

Literature

1. ROUTSCHA, G. Refractory materials: Basics – structures Propeties. 2nd Ed. Essen: Vulkan Verlang, 2004. 512 p
2. FINN, C. Furnaces and related equipment, ASM International, 1991.

Advised literature

Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
Journal of Materials Science.