Chemical thermodynamics and flame temperatures

Throughout its previous four editions, Combustion has made a very complex subject both enjoyable and understandable to its student readers and a pleasure for instructors to teach. With its clearly articulated physical and chemical processes of flame combustion and smooth, logical transitions to engineering applications, this new edition continues that tradition. Greatly expanded end-of-chapter problem sets and new areas of combustion engineering applications make it even easier for students to grasp the significance of combustion to a wide range of engineering practice, from transportation to energy generation to environmental impacts. Combustion engineering 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—including power generation in internal combustion automobile engines and gas turbine engines. Renewed concerns about energy efficiency and fuel costs, along with continued concerns over toxic and particulate emissions, make this a crucial area of engineering. New chapter on new combustion concepts and technologies, including discussion on nanotechnology as related to combustion, as well as microgravity combustion, microcombustion, and catalytic combustion—all interrelated and discussed by considering scaling issues (e.g., length and time scales) New information on sensitivity analysis of reaction mechanisms and generation and application of reduced mechanisms Expanded coverage of turbulent reactive flows to better illustrate real-world applications 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

Throughout its previous four editions, Combustion has made a very complex subject both enjoyable and understandable to its student readers and a pleasure for instructors to teach. With its clearly articulated physical and chemical processes of flame combustion and smooth, logical transitions to engineering applications, this new edition continues that tradition. Greatly expanded end-of-chapter problem sets and new areas of combustion engineering applications make it even easier for students to grasp the significance of combustion to a wide range of engineering practice, from transportation to energy generation to environmental impacts.

Combustion engineering 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—including power generation in internal combustion automobile engines and gas turbine engines. Renewed concerns about energy efficiency and fuel costs, along with continued concerns over toxic and particulate emissions, make this a crucial area of engineering.

• New chapter on new combustion concepts and technologies, including discussion on nanotechnology as related to combustion, as well as microgravity combustion, microcombustion, and catalytic combustion—all interrelated and discussed by considering scaling issues (e.g., length and time scales)
• New information on sensitivity analysis of reaction mechanisms and generation and application of reduced mechanisms
• Expanded coverage of turbulent reactive flows to better illustrate real-world applications
• 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

Throughout its previous four editions, __Combustion__ has made a very complex subject both enjoyable and understandable to its student readers and a pleasure for instructors to teach. With its clearly articulated physical and chemical processes of flame combustion and smooth, logical transitions to engineering applications, this new edition continues that tradition. Greatly expanded end-of-chapter problem sets and new areas of combustion engineering applications make it even easier for students to grasp the significance of combustion to a wide range of engineering practice, from transportation to energy generation to environmental impacts. * New chapter on new combustion concepts and technologies, including discussion on nanotechnology as related to combustion, as well as microgravity combustion, microcombustion, and catalytic combustion—all interrelated and discussed by considering scaling issues (e.g., length and time scales) * New information on sensitivity analysis of reaction mechanisms and generation and application of reduced mechanisms * Expanded coverage of turbulent reactive flows to better illustrate real-world applications * 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 Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Dedication 01, Page v Dedication 02, Page vii Preface, Page xv Chapter 1 - Chemical thermodynamics and flame temperatures, Pages 1-40 Chapter 2 - Chemical kinetics, Pages 41-70 Chapter 3 - Explosive and general oxidative characteristics of fuels, Pages 71-146 Chapter 4 - Flame phenomena in premixed combustible gases, Pages 147-254 Chapter 5 - Detonation, Pages 255-299 Chapter 6 - Diffusion flames, Pages 301-361 Chapter 7 - Ignition, Pages 363-391 Chapter 8 - Environmental combustion considerations, Pages 393-475 Chapter 9 - Combustion of nonvolatile fuels, Pages 477-536 Appendixes, Pages 537-538 Appendix A - Thermochemical data and conversion factors, Pages 539-650 Appendix B - Adiabatic flame temperatures of hydrocarbons, Pages 651-653 Appendix C - Specific reaction rate constants, Pages 655-680 Appendix D - Bond dissociation energies of hydrocarbons, Pages 681-688 Appendix E - Flammability limits in air, Pages 689-696 Appendix F - Laminar flame speeds, Pages 697-703 Appendix G - Spontaneous ignition temperature data, Pages 705-729 Appendix H - Minimum spark ignition energies and quenching distances, Pages 731-734 Appendix I - Programs for combustion kinetics, Pages 735-745 Index, Pages 747-757 Renewed concerns about energy efficiency and fuel costs, along with continued concerns over toxic and particulate emissions, make combustion a crucial area of engineering. Topics in this edition include: a chapter on new combustion concepts and technologies, including discussion on nanotechnology as related to combustion, as well as microgravity combustion, microcombustion, and catalytic combustion - all interrelated and discussed by considering scaling issues (e.g., length and time scales); information on sensitivity analysis of reaction mechanisms and generation and application of reduced mechanisms; coverage of turbulent reactive flows to better illustrate real-world applications; stabilization of diffusion flames - and for the first time, the concept of triple flames will be introduced and discussed in the context of diffusion flame stabilization. -- Edited summary from book "The parameters essential for the evaluation of combustion systems are the equilibrium product temperature and composition. If all the heat evolved in the reaction is employed solely to raise the product temperature, this temperature is called the adiabatic flame temperature. Because of the importance of the temperature and gas composition in combustion considerations, it is appropriate to review those aspects of the field of chemical thermodynamics that deal with these subjects"-- Provided by publisher