Combustion: Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modeling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation

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Springer Science & Business Media, 2006 M08 18 - 378 pages

Combustion is an old technology, which at present provides about 90% of our worldwide energy support. Combustion research in the past used fluid mechanics with global heat release by chemical reactions described with thermodynamics, assuming infinitely fast reactions. This approach was useful for stationary combustion processes, but it is not sufficient for transient processes like ignition and quenching or for pollutant formation. Yet pollutant formation during combustion of fossil fuels is a central topic and will continue to be so in the future. This book provides a detailed and rigorous treatment of the coupling of chemical reactions and fluid flow. Also, combustion-specific topics of chemistry and fluid mechanics are considered and tools described for the simulation of combustion processes.

The actual fourth edition presents a completely restructured book: Mathematical Formulae and derivations as well as the space-consuming reaction mechanisms have been replaced from the text to appendix. A new chapter discusses the impact of combustion processes on the earth’s atmosphere, the chapter on auto-ignition is extended to combustion in Otto- and Diesel-engines, and the chapters on heterogeneous combustion and on soot formation appear heavily revised.

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Contents

Introduction Fundamental Definitions and Phenomena
1
Mathematical Description of Premixed Laminar Flat Flames
29
Transport Phenomena
57
Chemical Kinetics
73
Reaction Mechanisms
91
Laminar Premixed Flames
119
Ignition Processes
141
LowTemperature Oxidation Engine Knock
165
Turbulent Premixed Flames
227
Combustion of Liquid and Solid Fuels
239
Formation of Nitric Oxides
259
Formation of Hydrocarbons and Soot
277
Effects of Combustion Processes on the Atmosphere
297
Mathematics
319
Reaction Mechanisms
333
Index
367

The NavierStokesEquations for ThreeDimensional Reacting Flow
179
Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames
213

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