ISE An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications

4th Edition
1260575527 · 9781260575521
Introduction to Combustion is the leading combustion textbook for undergraduate and graduate students because of its easy-to-understand analyses of basic combustion concepts and its introduction of a wide variety of practical applications that motiva… Read More
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1 Introduction 2 Combustion and Thermochemistry
3 Introduction to Mass Transfer
4 Chemical Kinetics
5 Some Important Chemical Mechanisms
6 Coupling Chemical and Thermal Analyses of Reacting Systems
7 Simplified Conservation Equations for Reacting Flows
8 Laminar Premixed Flames
9 Laminar Diffusion Flames
10 Droplet Evaporation and Burning
11 Introduction to Turbulent Flows
12 Turbulent Premixed Flames
13 Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames
14 Burning of Solids
15 Emissions
16 Detonations
17 Fuels
18 Low-Carbon-Intensity Combustion
Appendix A Selected Thermodynamic Properties of Gases Comprising C–H–O–N System
Appendix B Fuel Properties
Appendix C Selected Properties of Air, Nitrogen, and Oxygen
Appendix D Binary Diffusion Coefficients and Methodology for their Estimation
Appendix E Generalized Newton’s Method for the Solution of Nonlinear Equations
Appendix F Computer Codes for Equilibrium Products of Hydrocarbon–Air Combustion
Appendix G Atomic Weights, Physical Constants, and Conversion Factors

Introduction to Combustion is the leading combustion textbook for undergraduate and graduate students because of its easy-to-understand analyses of basic combustion concepts and its introduction of a wide variety of practical applications that motivate or relate to the various theoretical concepts. This is a text that is useful for junior/senior undergraduates or graduate students in mechanical engineering and practicing engineers. The fourth edition updates and adds topics related to the role of combustion in a sustainable energy future, and modern open-source software has been integrated throughout.