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Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on the fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processes such as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, diffusion and pre-mixed flames. The text includes exploration of applications, example exercises, suggested homework problems and videos of laboratory demonstrations
List 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
About the author
Sara McAllister graduated with a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Mechanical Engineer USDA Forest Service RMRS - Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory Missoula.
Jyh-Yuan Chen is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello is a Professor and Almy C. Maynard and Agnes Offield Maynard Endowed Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Summary
Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on the fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processes such as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, diffusion and pre-mixed flames. The text includes exploration of applications, example exercises, suggested homework problems and videos of laboratory demonstrations
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From the reviews:
"The authors attempt to explain the phenomena of combustion from the basic principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and chemistry. The book covers various aspects of combustion in a concise manner. ... the book is well written with sufficient explanation for the ease of the readers. ... it certainly is a graduate text on combustion. In addition, it may attract wide readership from researchers and practicing engineers." (K. N. Shukla, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1225, 2012)
