Introduction, Fundamental Definitions and Phenomena / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Some Fundamental Definitions / 1.2: |
Basic Flame Types / 1.3: |
Exercises / 1.4: |
Experimental Investigation of Flames / 2: |
Velocity Measurements / 2.1: |
Density Measurement / 2.2: |
Concentration Measurements / 2.3: |
Temperature Measurements / 2.4: |
Pressure Measurements / 2.5: |
Measurement of Particle Sizes / 2.6: |
Simultaneous Diagnostics / 2.7: |
Mathematical Description of Premixed Laminar Flat Flames / 2.8: |
Conservation Equations for Laminar Flat Premixed Flames / 3.1: |
Heat and Mass Transport / 3.2: |
The Description of a Laminar Premixed Flat Flame Front / 3.3: |
Thermodynamics of Combustion Processes / 3.4: |
The First Law of Thermodynamics / 4.1: |
Standard Enthalpies of Formation / 4.2: |
Heat Capacities / 4.3: |
The Second Law of Thermodynamics / 4.4: |
The Third Law of Thermodynamics / 4.5: |
Equilibrium Criteria and Thermodynamic Variables / 4.6: |
Equilibrium in Gas Mixtures; Chemical Potential / 4.7: |
Determination of Equilibrium Compositions in Gases / 4.8: |
Determination of Adiabatic Flame Temperatures / 4.9: |
Tabulation of Thermodynamic Data / 4.10: |
Transport Phenomena / 4.11: |
A Simple Physical Model of Transport Processes / 5.1: |
Heat Conduction in Gases / 5.2: |
Viscosity of Gases / 5.3: |
Diffusion in Gases / 5.4: |
Thermal Diffusion, Dufour Effect, and Pressure Diffusion / 5.5: |
Comparison with Experiments / 5.6: |
Chemical Kinetics / 5.7: |
Rate Laws and Reaction Orders / 6.1: |
Relation of Forward and Reverse Reactions / 6.2: |
Elementary Reactions, Reaction Molecularity / 6.3: |
Experimental Investigation of Elementary Reactions / 6.4: |
Temperature Dependence of Rate Coefficients / 6.5: |
Pressure Dependence of Rate Coefficients / 6.6: |
Surface Reactions / 6.7: |
Reaction Mechanisms / 6.8: |
Characteristics of Reaction Mechanisms / 7.1: |
Quasi-Steady States / 7.1.1: |
Partial Equilibrium / 7.1.2: |
Analysis of Reaction Mechanisms / 7.2: |
Sensitivity Analysis / 7.2.1: |
Reaction Flow Analysis / 7.2.2: |
Eigenvalue Analyses of Chemical Reaction Systems / 7.2.3: |
Stiffness of Ordinary Differential Equation Systems / 7.3: |
Simplification of Reaction Mechanisms / 7.4: |
Radical Chain Reactions / 7.5: |
Laminar Premixed Flames / 7.6: |
Zeldovich's Analysis of Flame Propagation / 8.1: |
Flame Structures / 8.2: |
Flame Velocities / 8.3: |
Laminar Nonpremixed Flames / 8.4: |
Counterflow Nonpremixed Flames / 9.1: |
Laminar Jet Nonpremixed Flames / 9.2: |
Nonpremixed Flames With Fast Chemistry / 9.3: |
Ignition Processes / 9.4: |
Semenov's Analysis of Thermal Explosions / 10.1: |
Frank-Kamenetskii's Analysis of Thermal Explosions / 10.2: |
Autoignition: Ignition Limits / 10.3: |
Autoignition: Ignition-Delay Time / 10.4: |
Induced Ignition, Minimum Ignition Energies / 10.5: |
Spark Ignition / 10.6: |
Detonations / 10.7: |
Low-Temperature Oxidation, Engine Knock / 10.8: |
Fundamental Phenomena in Otto Engines / 11.1: |
Oxidation at Intermediate Temperatures / 11.2: |
Low-Temperature Oxidation / 11.3: |
Ignition Processes in Reciprocating Engines / 11.4: |
Knock Damages in Otto Engines / 11.4.1: |
Ignition in Diesel Engines / 11.4.2: |
The HCCI Concept / 11.4.3: |
The DICI Concept / 11.4.4: |
The Navier-Stokes-Equations for Three-Dimensional Reacting Flow / 11.5: |
The Conservation Equations / 12.1: |
Overall Mass Conservation / 12.1.1: |
Species Mass Conservation / 12.1.2: |
Momentum Conservation / 12.1.3: |
Energy Conservation / 12.1.4: |
The Empirical Laws / 12.2: |
Newton's Law / 12.2.1: |
Fourier's Law / 12.2.2: |
Fick's Law and Thermal Diffusion / 12.2.3: |
Calculation of the Transport Coefficients from Molecular Parameters / 12.2.4: |
Turbulent Reacting Flows / 12.3: |
Some Fundamental Phenomena / 13.1: |
Direct Numerical Simulation / 13.2: |
Concepts for Turbulence Modeling: Time- and Favre-Averaging / 13.3: |
Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) Equations / 13.4: |
Turbulence Models / 13.5: |
Mean Reaction Rates / 13.6: |
Concepts for Turbulence Modeling: Probability Density Functions / 13.7: |
Eddy-Break-Up Models / 13.8: |
Turbulent Scales / 13.9: |
Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) / 13.10: |
Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames / 13.11: |
Nonpremixed Flames with Equilibrium Chemistry / 14.1: |
Finite-Rate Chemistry in Nonpremixed Flames / 14.2: |
Flame Extinction / 14.3: |
PDF-Simulations of Turbulent Non-Premixed Flames Using a Monte-Carlo Method / 14.4: |
Turbulent Premixed Flames / 14.5: |
Classification of Turbulent Premixed Flames / 15.1: |
Flamelet Models / 15.2: |
Flamelet Modelling Using a Reaction Progress Variable / 15.2.1: |
Flamelet Modelling Using a Level-Set Method / 15.2.2: |
Turbulent Flame Velocity / 15.3: |
Other Models of Turbulent Premixed Combustion / 15.4: |
Combustion of Liquid and Solid Fuels / 15.6: |
Droplet Combustion / 16.1: |
Combustion of Single Droplets / 16.1.1: |
Combustion of Droplet Groups / 16.1.2: |
Spray Combustion / 16.2: |
Formation of Sprays / 16.2.1: |
Spray Combustion Modes / 16.2.2: |
Statistical Description of Sprays / 16.2.3: |
Modeling of Turbulent Spray Combustion / 16.2.4: |
Flamelet-Type Models for Spray Combustion / 16.2.5: |
Coal Combustion / 16.3: |
Pyrolysis of Coal / 16.3.1: |
Burning of Volatile Compounds / 16.3.2: |
Burning of the Coke / 16.3.3: |
Coal Gasification / 16.3.4: |
Formation of Nitric Oxides / 16.4: |
Thermal NO (Zeldovich NO) / 17.1: |
Prompt NO (Fenimore NO) / 17.2: |
NO Generated via Nitrous Oxide / 17.3: |
Conversion of Fuel Nitrogen into NO / 17.4: |
NO Reduction by Combustion Modifications / 17.5: |
Catalytic Combustion / 17.6: |
NO Reduction by Post-Combustion Processes / 17.7: |
Formation of Hydrocarbons and Soot / 17.8: |
Unburnt Hydrocarbons / 18.1: |
Flame Extinction Due to Strain / 18.1.1: |
Flame Extinction at Walls and in Gaps / 18.1.2: |
Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) / 18.2: |
The Phenomenology of Soot Formation / 18.3: |
Modelling and Simulation of Soot Formation / 18.4: |
Effects of Combustion Processes on the Atmosphere / 18.5: |
The Structure of the Atmosphere / 19.1: |
Pressure in the Atmosphere / 19.1.1: |
Temperature and Classification of Compartments in the Atmosphere / 19.1.2: |
Composition of the Atmosphere / 19.1.3: |
The Atmosphere as a Photochemical System / 19.2: |
Lambert-Beer Law / 19.2.1: |
Stern-Vollmer Equation / 19.2.2: |
Formation of Photochemical Layers / 19.2.3: |
Incoming Sun Radiation, Photochemical Primary Processes / 19.3: |
Physical Processes in the Atmosphere / 19.4: |
Conservation of the Mass of Species / 19.4.1: |
Conservation of Energy / 19.4.2: |
Solution of the Conservation Equations / 19.4.3: |
Chemistry of the Unpolluted Atmosphere / 19.5: |
Pure Oxygen Atmosphere / 19.5.1: |
Oxygen-Nitrogen-Hydrogen-Carbon Atmosphere / 19.5.2: |
Chemistry of the Polluted Atmosphere / 19.6: |
Photochemical Smog / 19.6.1: |
Supersonic Transports / 19.6.2: |
Green-House Effect / 19.6.3: |
Acid rain / 19.6.4: |
The Role of Combustion Sources in Atmospheric Pollution / 19.7: |
Appendix 1: Mathematics / 20: |
Some Definitions and Laws for Vectors and Tensors / 20.1: |
Formulation of the Problem / 20.2.1: |
General Remarks on Solution Algorithms for ODE Systems / 20.2.2: |
Euler Method / 20.2.3: |
Extrapolation Method / 20.2.4: |
Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equation Systems / 20.3: |
Spatial Discretization / 20.3.1: |
Initial Values, Boundary Conditions, Stationary Solution / 20.3.2: |
Explicit Solution Methods / 20.3.3: |
Implicit Solution Methods / 20.3.4: |
Semi-implicit Solution of Partial Differential Equations / 20.3.5: |
Implicit Solution of Partial Differential Equations / 20.3.6: |
Appendix 2: Reaction Mechanisms / 21: |
Mechanism of the Oxidation of H[subscript 2], CO, C[subscript 1] and C[subscript 2] Hydrocarbons / 21.1: |
Reaction Mechanism of the Generation and Consumption of NOx / 21.2: |
References / 22: |
Index / 23: |
Introduction, Fundamental Definitions and Phenomena / 1: |
Introduction / 1.1: |
Some Fundamental Definitions / 1.2: |
Basic Flame Types / 1.3: |
Exercises / 1.4: |
Experimental Investigation of Flames / 2: |