Title Combustion physics / Chung K. Law

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 722 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1. MAJOR AREAS OF COMBUSTION APPLICATION -- 0.2. SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES COMPRISING COMBUSTION -- 0.3. CLASSIFICATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL COMBUSTION PHENOMENA -- 0.4. ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXT -- 0.5. LITERATURE SOURCES -- Introductory Texts -- Intermediate Texts -- Advanced Texts -- Specialized Texts and Monographs -- Journals -- 1 Chemical Thermodynamics -- 1.1. PRACTICAL REACTANTS AND STOICHIOMETRY -- 1.1.1. Practical Reactants -- 1.1.2. Stoichiometry -- 1.2. CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM -- 1.2.1. First and Second Laws -- 1.2.2. Thermodynamic Functions -- 1.2.3. Criterion for Chemical Equilibrium -- 1.2.4. Phase Equilibrium -- 1.2.5. Equilibrium Constants -- 1.2.6. Equilibrium Constants in the Presence of Condensed Phases -- 1.2.7. Multiple Reactions -- 1.2.8. Element Conservation -- 1.2.9. Restricted Equilibrium -- 1.3. EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITION CALCULATIONS -- 1.3.1. Equilibrium Composition of Hydrocarbon-Air Mixtures -- 1.3.2. The Major-Minor Species Model -- 1.3.3. Computer Solutions -- 1.4. ENERGY CONSERVATION -- 1.4.1. Heats of Formation, Reaction, and Combustion -- 1.4.2. Estimation of Heat of Reaction from Bond Energies -- 1.4.3. Determination of Heat of Reaction from Kp(T) -- 1.4.4. Sensible Energies and Heat Capacities -- 1.4.5. Energy Conservation in Adiabatic Chemical Systems -- 1.4.6. Adiabatic Flame Temperature and Equilibrium Composition -- 2 Chemical Kinetics -- 2.1. PHENOMENOLOGICAL LAW OF REACTION RATES -- 2.1.1. The Law of Mass Action -- 2.1.2. Reversible Reactions -- 2.1.3. Multistep Reactions -- 2.1.4. Steady-State Approximation -- 2.1.5. Partial Equilibrium Approximation -- 2.1.6. Approximations by Global and Semiglobal Reactions -- 2.1.7. Reaction Order and Molecularity -- 2.2. THEORIES OF REACTION RATES: BASIC CONCEPTS -- 2.2.1. The Arrhenius Law -- 2.2.2. The Activation Energy -- 2.2.3. Collision Theory of Reaction Rates -- 2.2.4. Transition State Theory of Reaction Rates -- 2.3. THEORIES OF REACTION RATES: UNIMOLECULAR REACTIONS -- 2.3.1. Lindemann Theory -- 2.3.2. Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel (RRK) Theory -- 2.3.3. Representation of Unimolecular Reaction Rate Constants -- 2.3.4. Chemically Activated Reactions -- 2.4. CHAIN REACTION MECHANISMS -- 2.4.1. Halogen SystemStraight-ChainReactions:TheHydrogen- -- 2.4.2. Branched-Chain Reactions -- 2.4.3. Flame Inhibitors -- 2.5. EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES -- 3 Oxidation Mechanisms of Fuels -- 3.1. PRACTICAL FUELS -- 3.2. OXIDATION OF HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE -- 3.2.1. Explosion Limits of Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures -- 3.2.2. Carbon Monoxide Oxidation -- 3.2.3. Initiation Reactions in Flames -- 3.3. OXIDATION OF METHANE -- 3.3.1. General Considerations of Hydrocarbon Oxidation -- 3.3.2. Methane Autoignition -- 3.3.3. Methane Flames -- 3.4. OXIDATION OF C2 HYDROCARBONS -- 3.5. OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS -- 3.6. HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC FUELS -- 3.6.1. The [beta]-Scission Rule -- 3.6.2. Oxidation Mechanisms -- 3.7. OXIDATION OF AROMATICS -- 3.8. HYDROCARBON OXIDATION AT LOW TO INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES -- 3.9. CHEMISTRY OF POLLUTANT FORMATION -- 3.9.1. Oxides of Nitrogen -- 3.9.2. Soot Formation -- 3.10 Summary This is a graduate-level text on the fundamentals of chemically reacting flows, intended for students and researchers in a variety of applied sciences and engineering. It is especially relevant to work in heat and power generation, burners and internal combustion engines, energy conservation, aero-propulsion, petroleum fuels and alternate fuels, pollution control, and fire and explosion hazards Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-710)-and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Combustion, Theory of. Physics. physics. SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical. Combustion, Theory of Physics Verbrennung Physikalische Theorie Verbranding. Thermodynamica. Dynamica. Oxidatie. Transportverschijnselen. Vlammen. Vlakke vlammen. Ontstekingen (techniek) Turbulentie. Form Electronic book LC no. 2006011565 ISBN 9780511245848 051124584X 9780511648663 0511648669 9780511243578 051124357X 9780511754517 0511754515 6611836454 9786611836450 1107171695 9781107171695 0511573596 9780511573590 9780521154215 0521154219

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