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Combustion Technology

This document discusses combustion technology and covers several topics: [1] combustion of fuels including combustion equations, theoretical air calculations, and fuel heating values; [2] thermodynamics of combustion involving first and second law analyses and chemical equilibrium; [3] kinetics of combustion such as reaction rates and mechanisms; [4] flames including laminar/turbulent flames and types of flames; and [5] engine combustion focusing on stages in gasoline and diesel engines and methods to control emissions. Recommended textbooks and references on combustion are also provided.

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Combustion Technology

This document discusses combustion technology and covers several topics: [1] combustion of fuels including combustion equations, theoretical air calculations, and fuel heating values; [2] thermodynamics of combustion involving first and second law analyses and chemical equilibrium; [3] kinetics of combustion such as reaction rates and mechanisms; [4] flames including laminar/turbulent flames and types of flames; and [5] engine combustion focusing on stages in gasoline and diesel engines and methods to control emissions. Recommended textbooks and references on combustion are also provided.

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COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY

COMBUSTION OF FUELS

Combustion equations, Theoretical air, excess air, air fuel ratio, equivalence ratio, exhaust gas
composition, Air fuel ratio from exhaust gas composition, heating value of fuels.

THERMODYNAMICS OF COMBUSTION

Thermo-chemistry, First law analysis of reacting systems, Adiabatic combustion temperature, Second law
analysis of reacting systems, criterion for chemical equilibrium, Equilibrium constant for gaseous
mixtures, Evaluation of equilibrium composition, chemical availability.

KINETICS OF COMBUSTION

Rates of reaction, Reaction order and molecularity complex reactions, chain reactions, Arrhenius rate
equation, Collection theory, activated complex theory, Explosive and general oxidative characteristics of
fueled.

FLAMES

Laminar and Turbulent flames, Premixed and Diffusion flames, Burning velocity and its determination,
Factors affecting burning velocity, Quenching, Flammability and Ignition, Flame stabilization in open
burners.

ENGINE COMBUSTION

Combustion in SI and CI engines, stages of combustion in SI and CI engines, Normal combustion and
abnormal combustion, Emissions from premixed combustion, Emission from Non premixed combustion,
Control of emissions

TEXT BOOK

1. Stephen R. Turns, An Introduction to Combustion, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1996.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Irwin Glassman, Combustion, Third Edition, Academic Press, 1996.

2. Sharma. S. P and Chandra Mohan, Fuels and Combustion, Tata McGraw Hill Book Co., 1984.

3. Samir Sarkar, Fuels and Combustion, Orient Longman, 1984.

4. Kuo. K. K, Principles of Combustion, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.

5. Heywood. J. B, Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1988.

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