Combustion Engineering

Introducing fundamental concepts of combustion with an emphasis on their use in design, this new edition provides detailed coverage of major combustion technologies and fuels. Placing a stronger emphasis on pedagogic features, the authors present combustion concepts keeping the focus on engineering issues. Numerous tables featuring practical data and formulas support the design focus, and chapters include worked examples and problems. Mathematical methods are presented with qualitative descriptions of the methods used. Engineering applications are detailed throughout, showing the range of combustion engineering and identifying the latest trends in combustion and fuels.

Introducing fundamental concepts of combustion with an emphasis on their use in design, this edition provides detailed coverage of major combustion technologies and fuels. It includes numerous tables featuring practical data and formulas that support the design focus, and chapters that include worked examples and problems.

Introduction to Combustion Engineering The Nature of Combustion Combustion Emissions Global Climate Change Sustainability World Energy Production Structure of the Book Section I: Basic Concepts Fuels Gaseous Fuels Liquid Fuels Solid Fuels Problems Thermodynamics of Combustion Review of First Law Concepts Properties of Mixtures Combustion Stoichiometry Chemical Energy Chemical Equilibrium Adiabatic Flame Temperature Chemical Kinetics of Combustion Elementary Reactions Chain Reactions Global Reactions Nitric Oxide Kinetics Reactions at a Solid Surface Problems References Section II: Combustion of Gaseous and Vaporized Fuels Flames Laminar Premixed Flames Laminar Flame Theory Turbulent Premixed Flames Explosion Limits Diffusion Flames Gas-Fired Furnaces and Boilers Energy Balance and Efficiency Fuel Substitution Residential Gas Burners Industrial Gas Burners Utility Gas Burners Low Swirl Gas Burners Premixed-Charge Engine Combustion Introduction to the Spark Ignition Engine Engine Efficiency One-Zone Model of Combustion in a Piston-Cylinder Two-Zone Model of Combustion in a Piston-Cylinder In-Cylinder Flame Structure Combustion Chamber Design Emission Controls Ethanol Considerations Review of Terminology for Premixed Gas, Four-Stroke Engines Detonation of Gaseous Mixtures Transition to Detonation Steady-State Detonations One-Dimensional Model for Propagation Velocity, Pressure, and Temperature Rise Across a Detonation Maintained and Pulse Detonations Section III: Combustion of Liquid Fuels Spray Formation and Droplet Behavior Spray Formation Droplet Size Distributions Fuel Injectors Vaporization of Single Droplets Oil-Fired Furnace Combustion Oil-Fired Systems Spray Combustion in Furnaces and Boilers Plug Flow Model of a Uniform Field of Droplets Emissions from Oil-Fired Furnaces and Boilers Gas Turbine Spray Combustion Gas Turbine Operating Parameters Combustor Design Combustion Rate Liner Heat Transfer Low Emissions Combustors Diesel Engine Combustion Introduction to Diesel Engine Combustion Combustion Chamber Geometry and Flow Patterns Fuel Injection Ignition Delay One-Zone Model and Rate of Combustion Engine Emissions Diesel Engine Improvements Detonation of Liquid and Gaseous Mixtures Detonation of Liquid Fuel Sprays Detonation of Liquid Fuel Layers Section IV: Combustion of Solid Fuels Solid Fuel Combustion Mechanisms Drying of Solid Fuels Devolatilization of Solid Fuels Char Combustion Ash Formation Fixed Bed Combustion Biomass Cookstoves Space Heating Stoves Using Logs Grate Burning Systems for Heat and Power Combustion Efficiency and Boiler Efficiency Emissions from Grate Burning Systems Modeling Combustion of Solid Fuels on a Grate Suspension Burning Pulverized Coal Burning Systems Pulverized Coal Combustion Behavior of Ash Emissions from Pulverized Coal Boilers Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration Biomass-Fired Boilers Fluidized Bed Combustion Fluidization Fundamentals Combustion in a Bubbling Bed Atmospheric Pressure Fluidized Bed Combustion Systems Circulating Fluidized Beds Pressurized Fluidized Bed Gasification of Biomass Appendix A: Properties of Fuels Appendix B: Properties of Air (at 1 atm) Appendix C: Thermodynamic Properties of Combustion Products Appendix D: Historical Perspective on Combustion Technology