Combustion - From Basics to Applications

Combustion, the process of burning, is defined as a chemical reaction between a combustible reactant (the fuel) and an oxidizing agent (such as air) in order to produce heat and in most cases light while new chemical species (e.g., flue gas components) are formed. This book covers a gap on the market by providing a concise introduction to combustion. Most of the other books currently available are targeted towards the experienced users and contain too many details and/or contain knowledge at a fairly high level. This book provides a brief and clear overview of the combustion basics, suitable for beginners and then focuses on practical aspects, rather than theory, illustrated by a number of industrial applications as examples. The content is aimed to provide a general understanding of the various concepts, techniques and equipment for students at all level as well as practitioners with little or no prior experience in the field.The authors are all international experts in the field of combustion technology and adopt here a clear didactic style with many practical examples to cover the most common solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. The associated environmental impacts are also discussed so that readers can develop an understanding of the major issues and the options available for more sustainable combustion processes.With a foreword by Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus

List of contents

PREFACE HISTORY OF COMBUSTIONIntroduction Timetable OutlookWeb Resources FUELS IntroductionGaseous Fuels Liquid Fuels Solid FuelsCOMBUSTION PRINCIPLES Basic Combustion Calculations Heat-, Mass- and Momentum Transport and Balance Elementary Reactions and RadicalsIgnition ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS Pollutants: Formation and Impact Combustion and Climate Change MEASUREMENT METHODS Introduction In Situ versus Ex Situ Measurements Fuel Characterization Investigation of Combustion Processes APPLICATIONS BurnersIndustrial Boilers Industrial Technologies SAFETY ISSUES Introduction FundamentalsFire Classes Working Mechanism of Fire Extinguishing MediaFire Detectors Deflagrations and Detonations Dust Explosions Legal Framework: Example of ATEX in EuropePreventing and Mitigating the Effect of Explosions in IndustryAspects of Preventive Fire Protection Fire Suppression by Oxygen Reduction Safety by Process Design Other Important Terms Related to Fire Safety INDEX

About the author

Maximilian Lackner holds a master's degree in physical and analytical chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. from Vienna University of Technology, Austria. As post-doc, he carried out spectroscopic investigations in optical engines at the Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden. His main research interest is the use of lasers in chemistry, applied to combustion and ignition. Dr. Lackner is an expert in laser ignition and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS), where he also holds a patent. Apart from his position as senior researcher at the Institute of Chemical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology, he is founder and chief technical officer of the company ProcessEng Engineering GmbH, also in Vienna.

Árpád B. Palotás is the director of the Institute of Energy and Quality Affairs, Hungary, as well as the head of the Department of Combustion Technology at the University of Miskolc, Hungary. He obtained MSc degrees in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Miskolc in Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. After his PhD studies at the University of Miskolc, he spent years as postdoctoral associate and visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Utah where he continued his research on soot characterization as well as in the field of additives to reduce soot emission from aviation fuel sources.

Franz Winter is professor of Chemical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology, Austria. He is group leader and head of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Chemical Engineering at High Temperatures at the Vienna University of Technology. He obtained his academic degrees from the Vienna University of Technology and has specialized on combustion and high temperature reaction kinetics. He has authored more than 300 scientific publications. He is chairman and reviewer on various scientific and technical advisory boards and an active member of the Combustion Institute.

Summary

Combustion, the process of burning, is defined as a chemical reaction between a combustible reactant (the fuel) and an oxidizing agent (such as air) in order to produce heat and in most cases light while new chemical species (e.g., flue gas components) are formed. This book covers a gap on the market by providing a concise introduction to combustion. Most of the other books currently available are targeted towards the experienced users and contain too many details and/or contain knowledge at a fairly high level. This book provides a brief and clear overview of the combustion basics, suitable for beginners and then focuses on practical aspects, rather than theory, illustrated by a number of industrial applications as examples. The content is aimed to provide a general understanding of the various concepts, techniques and equipment for students at all level as well as practitioners with little or no prior experience in the field.

The authors are all international experts in the field of combustion technology and adopt here a clear didactic style with many practical examples to cover the most common solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. The associated environmental impacts are also discussed so that readers can develop an understanding of the major issues and the options available for more sustainable combustion processes.

With a foreword by Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus

Product details

• Authors: Maximilia Lackner, Maximilian Lackner, Árpád Palotás, Árpád B Palotás, Árpád B. Palotás, Franz Winter
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2013
• EAN: 9783527333516
• ISBN: 978-3-527-33351-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 243 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 620 g
• Illustrations: 103 SW-Abb., 84 Farbabb., 37 Tabellen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Maschinenbau, Energietechnik, Energie, Verbrennung, ENERGY, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, chemische Verfahrenstechnik, Allg. Chemische Verfahrenstechnik, Power Technology & Power Engineering, Allg. Maschinenbau