Fundamentals of Combustion Processes

• Main Authors: McAllister, Sara (Author), Chen, Jyh-Yuan (Author), Fernandez-Pello, A. Carlos (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical chemistry.; Continuum physics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Physical Chemistry.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Fundamentals of Combustion Processes serves students as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processe...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Nomenclature.-  Fuel
• Thermodynamics of Combustion
• Chemical Kinetics
• Review of Transport Equations and Properties
• Ignition Phenomena
• Premixed Flames
• Non-Premixed Flames (Diffusion Flames)
• Droplet Evaporation and Combustion.-  Emissions
• Premixed Piston IC Engines.– Diesel Engines
• Labs
• Properties of Fuels
• Properties of Air at 1 atm
• Properties of Ideal Combustion Gases
• Elementary Reaction Mechanisms
• Summary of Limits of Flammability
• Minimum Ignition Energy
• Antoine Equation
• Flash Points for Common Fuels
• Properties of Some Alcohol Fuels and Ammonia.