Combustion science and engineering. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kalyan Annamalai, Ishwar K. Puri.
• Other Names: Annamalai, Kalyan; Puri, Ishwar Kanwar, 1959-
• Contents: Introduction and Review of Thermodynamics; Introduction; Combustion Terminology; Matter and Its Properties; Microscopic Overview of Thermodynamics; Conservation of Mass and Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics; The Second Law of Thermodynamics; Summary; Stoichiometry and Thermochemistry of Reacting Systems; Introduction; Overall Reactions; Gas Analyses; Global Conservation Equations for Reacting Systems; Thermochemistry; Summary; Appendix; Reaction Direction and Equilibrium; Introduction; Reaction Direction and Chemical Equilibrium; Chemical Equilibrium Relations; Vant Hoff Equation; Adiabatic Flame Temperature with Chemical Equilibrium; Gibbs Minimization Method; Summary; Appendix; Fuels; Introduction; Gaseous Fuels; Liquid Fuels; Solid Fuels; Other Fuels; Size Distributions of Liquid and Solid Fuels; Summary; Appendix; Chemical Kinetics ; Introduction; Reaction Rates: Closed and Open Systems; Elementary Reactions and Molecularity; Multiple Reaction Types; Chain Reactions and Reaction Mechanisms; Global Mechanisms for Reactions; Reaction Rate Theory and the Arrhenius Law; Second Law and Global and Backward Reactions; The Partial Equilibrium and Reaction Rate Expression; Timescales for Reaction; Solid–Gas (Heterogeneous) Reactions and Pyrolysis of Solid Fuels; Summary; Appendix; Mass Transfer; Introduction; Heat Transfer and the Fourier Law; Mass Transfer and Fick’s Law; Molecular Theory; Generalized Form of Fourier’s and Fick’s Laws for a Mixture, with Simplifications; Summary; Appendix: Rigorous Derivation for Multicomponent Diffusion; First Law Applications; Introduction; Generalized Relations in Molar Form; Closed-System Combustion; Open Systems; Solid Carbon Combustion; Droplet Burning; Summary; Conservation Relations; Introduction; Simple Diffusive Transport Constitutive Relations; Conservation Equations; Generalized Transport; Simplified Boundary-Layer-Type Problems; Shvab–Zeldovich Formulation; Turbulent Flows; Summary; Appendix; Combustion of Solid Fuels, Carbon, and Char; Introduction; Carbon Reactions; Conservation Equations for a Spherical Particle; Nondimensional Conservation Equations and Boundary Conditions; Interfacial Conservation Equations or BCs; Solutions for Carbon Particle Combustion; Thermal NOx from Burning Carbon Particles; Non-Quasi-Steady Nature of Combustion of Particle; Element Conservation and Carbon Combustion; Porous Char; Summary; Appendix: d Law and Stefan Flow Approximation; Diffusion Flames — Liquid Fuels; Introduction; Evaporation, Combustion, and d2 Law; Model/Physical Processes; Governing Equations; Solutions; Convection Effects; Transient and Steady-Combustion Results; Multicomponent-Isolated-Drop Evaporation and Combustion; Summary; Combustion in Boundary Layers; Introduction; Phenomenological Analyses; Generalized Conservation Equations and Boundary Conditions; Interface Boundary Conditions; Generalized Numerical Solution Procedure for BL Equations in Partial Differential Form; Normalized Variables and Conservation Equations; Similarity Solutions–BL Equations; Applications of Generalized Similarity Equations to Various Flow Systems; Solutions for Boundary Layer Combustion of Totally Gasifying Fuels; Combustion Results for Fuels Burning under Convection; Excess Fuel and Excess Air under Convection; Summary; Combustion of Gas Jets; Introduction; Burke–Schumann (B–S) Flame; Modification to B–S Analyses ; Laminar Jets; Planar Laminar Jets; Circular Jets; Summary of Solutions for 2-D and Circular Jets; Stoichiometric Contours for 2-D and Circular Jets, Liftoff, and Blow-Off; Jets in Coflowing Air: Jet Flame Structure in Strongly Coflowing Air for 2-D and Circular Jets; Turbulent Diffusion Flames; Partially Premixed Flame; Summary; Ignition and Extinction; Introduction; Modes of Ignition; Ignition of Gas Mixtures in Rigid Systems: Uniform System; Constant-Pressure Systems; Ignition of Solid Particle; Ignition of Nonuniform Temperature Systems—Steady-State Solutions; Summary; Deflagration and Detonation; Introduction; Conservation Equations; Solutions for Rayleigh and Hugoniot Curves; Flame Propagation into Unburned Mixture; Summary; Appendices; Flame Propagation and Flammability Limits; Introduction; Phemenological Analysis; Rigorous Analysis; Flame Stretching; Determination of Flame Velocity; Flammability Limits; Quenching Diameter; Minimum Ignition Energy for Spark Ignition; Stability of Flame in a Premixed Gas Burner ; Turbulent Flame Propagation; Summary; Interactive Evaporation and Combustion; Introduction; Simplified Analyses; Arrays and Point Source Method; Combustion of Clouds of Drops and Carbon Particles; Terminology; Governing Equations for Spherical Cloud; Results; Relation between Group Combustion and Drop Array Studies; Interactive Char/Carbon Combustion; Multicomponent Array Evaporation; Summary; Pollutants Formation and Destruction; Introduction; Emission-Level Expressions and Reporting; Effects of Pollutants on Environment and Biological Systems; Pollution Regulations; NOx Sources and Production Mechanisms; NOx Formation Parameters; Stationary Source NOx Control; CO2 Sequestration; Carbon Monoxide: CO; SOx Formation and Destruction; Soot; Mercury Emissions; Summary; An Introduction to Turbulent Combustion; Introduction; Turbulence Characteristics ; Averaging Techniques; Instantaneous and Average Governing Equations; Governing Differential Equations: Axisymmetric Case and Mixture-Fraction PDF Combustion Model; Turbulent Combustion Modeling (Diffusion Flames); Probability Density Function; Premixed and Partially Premixed Turbulent Flames: Modeling Approaches; Summary; Appendix I: Cylindrical Coordinate System with Particle-Laden Flow; Problems; Formulae; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (lv, 1121 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 621.402/3; Combustion engineering; Combustion, Technique de la; Combustion engineering; Combustion; Mathematisches Modell; Verbrennung; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420003789
• Related ISBNs: 142000378X; 0849320712; 9780849320712
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1069-1084) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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