Description

Combustion Engineering, a topic generally taught at the upper undergraduate and graduate level in most mechanical engineering programs, and many chemical engineering programs, is the study of rapid energy and mass transfer usually through the common physical phenomena of flame oxidation. It covers the physics and chemistry of this process and the engineering applications from the generation of power such as the internal combustion automobile engine to the gas turbine engine. Renewed concerns about energy efficiency and fuel costs, along with continued concerns over toxic and particulate emissions have kept the interest in this vital area of engineering high and brought about new developments in both fundamental knowledge of flame and combustion physics as well as new technologies for flame and fuel control. It includes a new chapter on new combustion concepts and technologies, including discussion on nanotechnology as related to combustion, as well as microgravity combustion, micro-combustion, and catalytic combustion, all interrelated and discussed by considering scaling issues (e.g., length and time scales). It provides new information on sensitivity analysis of reaction mechanisms and generation and application of reduced mechanisms. It offers expanded coverage of turbulent reactive flows to better illustrate real-world applications. It contains important new sections on stabilization of diffusion flames. For the first time, the concept of triple flames will be introduced and discussed in the context of diffusion flame stabilization.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Chemical Thermodynamics and Flame Temperatures 1

Ch. 2 Chemical Kinetics 43

Ch. 3 Explosive and General Oxidative Characteristics of Fuels 75

Ch. 4 Flame Phenomena in Premixed Combustible Gases 147

Ch. 5 Detonation 261

Ch. 6 Diffusion Flames 311

Ch. 7 Ignition 379

Ch. 8 Environmental Combustion Considerations 409

Ch. 9 Combustion of Nonvolatile Fuels 495

Appendixes 551

App. A Thermochemical Data and Conversion Factors 555

App. B Adiabatic Flame Temperatures of Hydrocarbons 653

App. C Specific Reaction Rate Constants 659

App. D Bond Dissociation Energies of Hydrocarbons 693

App. E Flammability Limits in Air 703

App. F Laminar Flame Speeds 713

App. G Spontaneous Ignition Temperature Data 721

App. H Minimum Spark Ignition Energies and Quenching Distances 743

App. I Programs for Combustion Kinetics 747

Author Index 759

Subject Index 769