Modeling of Combustion Systems provides concrete answers to real problems and is tailor-made to suit the needs of practicing engineers.

Features:

• Provides a simple, hands-on approach to semi-empirical modeling that presumes a minimal mathematical background
• Illustrates the discussion with more than 60 fully worked examples, over 100 figures, and nearly 100 tables
• Includes more than 600 equations for various aspects of combustion such as fuel flow, heat flux, NOx, and CO
• Explains how to derive a model from first principles and how to fill in gaps with adjustable parameters and actual data from operation
• Offers guidance on data analysis, statistical testing, choice and design of experiments, and accurate modeling

Contents

Introduction to Modeling

• Model Categories
• Kinds of Testing
• Analytical Methods
• Perceiving Higher Dimensionality
• Basic Data Classifications
• A Linear Algebra Primer
• Important Concepts and Notation
• Least Squares

Introduction to Combustion

• Archetypical Process Units
• Important Factors and Responses
• Mass Balance for Combustion in Air
• Conservation of Energy
• Mechanical Energy Balance

Experimental Design and Analysis

• Some Statistics
• The Analysis of Variance
• Two-Level Factorial Designs
• Correspondence of Factor Space and Equation Form
• Fractional Factorials
• ANOVA with Genuine Replicates
• Randomization
• About Residuals
• Screening Designs
• Second-Order Designs
• Sequential Experimental Design

Analysis of Nonideal Data

• Plant Data
• Empirical Models
• Ways to Make Designs Orthogonal
• Regression Statistics and Data Integrity
• Residual Analyses
• Categorical Factors
• Categorical Response Values
• Mixture Designs

Semiempirical Models

• NOx and Kinetics
• Overview of NOx Reduction Strategies
• NOx Models
• CO Models
• Response Transformations
• Heat Flux
• Flame Shape
• Visible Plumes

Index

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