Refractory Engineering : Materials Design Construction

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Materials in refractory engineering: i. General. ii. Shaped dense materials. iii. Shaped heat-insulating materials. iv. Unshaped refractory materials (Monolithics). v. Ceramic fiber materials. vi. Metals. vii. Surface protection. viii. Other materials. ix. Packaging, transport and storage of refractory materials. 3. Design: i. General. ii. Preparation. iii. Design with shaped dense materials. iv. Design with shaped heat-insulating materials. v. Design with unshaped (Monolithic) refractory materials. vi. Design with ceramic fiber materials and high temperature glass fibers. vii. Thermal calculations. viii. Static calculations of load-bearing parts taking the temperature influence into consideration. ix. Expansion calculations. 4. Working/Application: i. General. ii. Preparation for working. iii. Shaped dense and heat-insulating materials. iv. Unshaped (Monolithic) refractory materials. v. Ceramic fiber materials and high temperature glass fibres (AES). vi. Welding of Anchors. 5. Application examples: i. Bottoms. ii. Walls. iii. Arches and crowns. iv. Suspended roofs. v. Piping. vi. Pipe walls. vii. Hexmesh (Hexrost) Linings. viii. Rotary Kilns. ix. Application and working with dry mixes in foundry furnaces. x. Drying, heating, heating-up and cooling-down of dry mixes. 6. Drying, heating, heating-up and cooling down: i. General. ii. Processes during drying. iii. Dry heating media. iv. Principles of drying. v. Execution. vi. Principles for heating, heating-up and cooling-down. vii. Special considerations when drying different furnaces/plants. 7. Quality management: i. General. ii. Project-specific quality management. iii. Inspection plans. iv. Inspection of materials. v. Inspection of installation. 8. Occupational safety, health protection and environmental protection: i. Occupational safety and health protection. ii. Inner-company organization. iii. Occupational safety and health protection in the project. iv. Hazardous material/substances regulations. v. Breakout and disposal. Appendices. Index.