Contents:

Introduction

• Importance of Combustion for Various Applications
• Related Constituent Disciplines for Combustion Studies
• General Method of Approach to Solving Combustion Problems
• General Objectives of Combustion Modeling
• Classification of Combustion Problems
• General Structure of a Theoretical Model
• Several Basic Definitions

Review of Chemical Thermodynamics

• Nomenclatures
• Brief Statement of Thermodynamic Laws
• Equation of State
• Conservation of Mass
• The First Law of Thermodynamics; Conservation of Energy
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Criteria for Equilibrium
• Conservation of Atomic Species
• Various Methods for Reactant-Fraction Specification
• Standard Enthalpies of Formation
• Thermochemical Laws
• Relationship Between Bond Energies and Heats of Formation
• Heats of Reaction for Constant-Pressure and Constant-Volume Combustion
• Energy Balance Considerations for Flame Temperature Calculations
• Equilibrium Constants
• Real-Gas Equations of State and Fugacity Calculation
• More Complicated Dissociation in the Combustion of Hydrocarbons
• The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation for Phase Equilibrium
• Calculation of Equilibrium Compositions with NASA's CEA Computer Program
• Other Well-Established Chemical Equilibrium Codes

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms

• Additional Symbols
• Rates of Reactions and Their Functional Dependence
• One-Step Chemical Reactions of Various Orders
• Consecutive Reactions
• Competitive Reactions
• Opposing Reactions
• Chain Reactions
• Chain-Branching Explosions
• CHEMKIN Analysis and Code Application for Gas-Phase Kinetics
• Surface Reactions
• Rate Laws for Isothermal Reactions Utilizing Dimensionless Parameters
• Procedure and Applications of Sensitivity Analysis
• Reaction Flow Analysis
• Reaction Mechanisms of H2/O2 Systems
• Gas-Phase Reaction Mechanisms of Aliphatic Hydrocarbon and Oxygen System
• Reduction of Highly Complex Chemical Kinetic Mechanism to Simpler Reaction Mechanism
• Formation Mechanism of Nitrogen Oxides
• Formation and Control of CO and Particulates

Conservation Equations for Multicomponent Reacting Systems

• Additional Symbols
• Definitions of Concentrations, Velocities, and Mass Fluxes
• Fick's Law of Diffusion
• Theory of Ordinary Diffusion in Gases at Low Density
• Continuity Equation and Species Mass Conservation Equations
• Conservation of Momentum
• Conservation of Energy
• Physical Derivation of the Multicomponent Diffusion Equation
• Other Necessary Equations in Multicomponent Systems
• Solution of a Multicomponent-Species System
• Shvab-Zel'dovich Formulation
• Dimensionless Ratios of Transport Coefficients
• Boundary Conditions at an Interface

Detonation and Deflagration Waves of Premixed Gases

• Additional Symbols
• Qualitative Differences between Detonation and Deflagration
• The Hugoniot Curve
• Properties of the Hugoniot Curve
• Determination of Chapman-Jouguet Detonation-Wave Velocity
• Detonation-Wave Structure
• The Mechanism of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT) in Gaseous Mixtures
• Detonability and Chemical Kinetics: Limits of Detonability
• Non-Ideal Detonations
• Consideration of Spontaneous Detonation Initiation

Premixed Laminar Flames

• Additional Symbols
• Introduction and Flame Speed Measurement Methods
• Classical Laminar Flame Theories
• Contemporary Method for Solving Laminar Flame Problems
• Dynamic Analysis of Stretched Laminar Premix Flames
• Effect of Chemical and Physical Variables on Flame Speed
• Principle of Stabilization of Combustion Waves in Laminar Streams
• Flame Quenching
• Flammability Limits of Premixed Laminar Flames

Gaseous Diffusion Flames and Combustion of a Single Liquid Fuel Droplet

• Burke and Schumann's Theory of Laminar Diffusion Flames
• Phenomenological Analysis of Fuel Jets
• Laminar Diffusion Flame Jets
• Evaporation and Burning of a Single Droplet in a Quiescent Atmosphere
• Fuel Droplet in a Convective Stream
• Supercritical Burning of Liquid Droplets in a Stagnant Environment

Appendices

• Evaluation of Thermal and Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids
• Constants and Conversion Factors Often Used in Combustion
• Naming of Hydrocarbons
• Melting, Boiling, and Critical Temperatures of Elements
• Periodic Table and Electronic Configurations of Neutral Atoms in Ground States

Index