Fundamentals of Combustion Processes

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Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering. The authors focus on the fundamental theory of combustion and provide a simplified discussion of basic combustion parameters and processes such as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, ignition, diffusion and pre-mixed flames. The text includes exploration of applications, example exercises, suggested homework problems and videos of laboratory demonstrations

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

Front Matter

Fuels

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Thermodynamics of Combustion

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Chemical Kinetics

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Review of Transport Equations and Properties

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Ignition Phenomena

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Premixed Flames

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Non-premixed Flames (Diffusion Flames)

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Droplet Evaporation and Combustion

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Emissions

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Premixed Piston IC Engines

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Diesel Engines

• Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello

Back Matter

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From the reviews:

“The authors attempt to explain the phenomena of combustion from the basic principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and chemistry. The book covers various aspects of combustion in a concise manner. … the book is well written with sufficient explanation for the ease of the readers. … it certainly is a graduate text on combustion. In addition, it may attract wide readership from researchers and practicing engineers.” (K. N. Shukla, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1225, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

About the authors

Sara McAllister graduated with a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Mechanical Engineer USDA Forest Service RMRS - Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory Missoula.

Jyh-Yuan Chen is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello is a Professor and Almy C. Maynard and Agnes Offield Maynard Endowed Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Fundamentals of Combustion Processes
• Authors : Sara McAllister, Jyh-Yuan Chen, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello
• Series Title : Mechanical Engineering Series
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7943-8
• Publisher : Springer New York, NY
• eBook Packages : Engineering , Engineering (R0)
• Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2011
• Hardcover ISBN : 978-1-4419-7942-1 Published: 19 April 2011
• Softcover ISBN : 978-1-4614-2865-7 Published: 28 May 2013
• eBook ISBN : 978-1-4419-7943-8 Published: 10 May 2011
• Series ISSN : 0941-5122
• Series E-ISSN : 2192-063X
• Edition Number : 1
• Number of Pages : XXIV, 304
• Topics : Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer , Physical Chemistry , Classical and Continuum Physics , Engineering Fluid Dynamics