Unit 1 Combustion and Thermochemistry

4 lecture hours

• Heat of reaction and formation
• Free energy and the equilibrium constants
• Flame temperature calculations – Analysis & Practical considerations
• Sub and supersonic combustion thermodynamics – Comparisons & Stagnation pressure considerations

Unit 2 Chemical Kinetics

10 lecture hours

• Rates of reactions and their temperature dependence - The Arrhenius rate expression & Transition state and recombination rate theories
• Simultaneous interdependent reactions
• Chain reactions
• Pseudo-first-order reactions and the “fall-off” range
• The partial equilibrium assumption
• Pressure effect in fractional conversion
• Chemical kinetics of large reaction mechanisms – Sensitivity analysis
• Rate of production analysis
• Coupled thermal and chemical reacting systems & Mechanism simplification

Unit 3 Chemical and Thermal Systems

6 lecture hours

• Constant pressure fixed mass reactor
• constant volume reactor
• well stirred reactor
• plug flow reactor
• application to combustion system modelling

Unit 4 Conservative Equations

6 lecture hours

• Mass conservation
• Species mass conservation
• Multi component diffusion
• momentum conservation
• Energy conservation
• Conserved Scalar Concept

Unit 5 Laminar Flames

10 lecture hours

• Laminar Premixed Flames - Physical Description
• Simplified Analysis
• Detailed analysis Factors influencing flame velocity and thickness
• flame stabilization
• ignition Laminar Diffusion Flames – non reacting constant density laminar jet, jet flame
• flame lengths
• soot formation and destruction
• counter flow flames

Unit 6 Turbulent Flames

• Applications of turbulent flames
• Definition of turbulent flame speed
• structure of turbulent premixed flames
• wrinkled flame regime
• flame stabilization
• Jet Flames 9 Subject Code: 3171924 w.e.f