Description Introduction to Combustion is the leading combustion textbook for undergraduate and graduate students because of its easy-to-understand analyses of basic combustion concepts and its introduction of a wide variety of practical applications that motivate or relate to the various theoretical concepts. This is a text that is useful for junior/senior undergraduates or graduate students in mechanical engineering and practicing engineers.
The third edition updates and adds topics related to protection of the environment, climate change, and energy use. Additionally, a new chapter is added on fuels due to the continued focus on conservation and energy independence.
Features
Straightforward Approach to Combustion Concepts features simple, and easy-to-understand analyses as well as a wide variety of practical applications that illustrate combustion principles.
Enhanced Coverage of Energy Use and Protection of the Environment throughout the text demonstrated by the inclusion of a new chapter dedicated to fuels and new "clean" technologies.
Updated Coverage of Emissions reflects the latest research on particulate, NOx, homogenous charge compression ignition engines, and EPA regulations and guidelines.
Companion Website contains text-specific software to help the student better visualize combustion principles as well as the instructor's solutions.
New to This Edition
A new Chapter 17 dedicated to fuels.
Updated data on energy and electricity sources and usage (Chapter 1).
Thorough updating of kinetics of large hydrocarbon combustion, detailed nitrogen chemistry, and a reduced mechanism of CH4 combustion and NO formation in Chapter 5.
New section on catalysis and heterogeneous reactions (Chapter 2).
Expansion and updating of Chapter 15 to reflect current knowledge of pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions.
Website will contain software to accompany the text and Instructor Solutions Manual.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Combustion and Thermochemistry Chapter 3 Introduction to Mass Transfer Chapter 4 Chemical Kinetics Chapter 5 Some Important Chemical Mechanisms Chapter 6 Coupling Chemical and Thermal Analyses of Reacting Systems Chapter 7 Simplified Conservation Equations for Reacting Flows Chapter 8 Laminar Premixed Flames Chapter 9 Laminar Diffusion Flames Chapter 10 Droplet Evaporation and Burning Chapter 11 Introduction to Turbulent Flows Chapter 12 Turbulent Premixed Flames Chapter 13 Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames Chapter 14 Burning of Solids Chapter 15 Pollutant Emissions Chapter 16 Detonations Chapter 17 Fuels Appendix A Selected Thermodynamic Properties of Gases Comprising C–H–O–N System Appendix B Fuel Properties Appendix C Selected Properties of Air, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Appendix D Binary Diffusion Coefficients and Methodology for their Estimation Appendix E Generalized Newton's Method for the Solution of Nonlinear Equations Appendix F Computer Codes for Equilibrium Products of Hydrocarbon–Air Combustion