An Introduction to Combustion
Concepts and Applications
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-07-911812-7 (ISBN)
Description
Targeted at senior and first year graduate level courses in combustion, this text covers more material than can be covered in a single semester course, but at a level that is easily comprehended by undergraduate students. There is a tremendous need for undergraduate students interested in the thermal sciences to have a basic knowledge of combustion science and its applications. This text is the first to present the essential theory and background material that is helpful for understanding the more complex literature on combustion, in a format that is teaching rather than reference oriented. The theory is reinforced by examples, review questions and problems within each chapter.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
910 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-911812-7 (9780079118127)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: motivation to study combustion; a definition of combustion; combustion modes and flame types; approach to our study; references. Part 2 Combustion and thermochemistry: overview; review of property relations; first law of thermodynamics; reactant and product mixtures; adiabatic flame temperatures; chemical equilibrium; equilibrium products of combustion; some applications; summary; nomenclature; references; review questions; problems. Part 3 Introduction to mass transfer: overview; rudiments of mass transfer; some applications of mass transfer; summary; nomenclature; references; review questions; problems. Part 4 Chemical kinetics: overview; global versus elementary reaction; elementary reaction rates; rates of reaction for multistep mechanisms; summary; nomenclature; references; questions and problems. Part 5 Some important chemical mechanisms: overview; the H2 and O2 system; carbon monoxide oxidation; oxidation of higher paraffins; methane combustion; oxides of nitrogen formation; summary; references; questions and problems. Part 6 Coupling chemical and thermal analyses of reacting systems: overview; constant-pressure fixed mass reactor; constant-volume fixed mass reactor; well stirred reactor; plug flow reactor; applications to combustion system modelling; summary; nomenclature; references; problems and projects; appendix. Part 7 Simplified conservation equations for reacting flows: overview; overall mass conservation (continuity); species mass conservation (species continuity); momentum conservation; energy conservation; the concept of a conserved scalar; summary.