This course covers the fundamentals of combustion, including the scope, applications, types of fuel and oxidizer, thermodynamics, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, and reaction kinetics. Students will learn how to characterize liquid and gaseous fuels, calculate mixture fractions for diffusion flames, and determine chemical equilibrium compositions. The teaching method includes lectures on various topics related to combustion. This course is intended for students and professionals interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of combustion processes.
Overview
Syllabus
Lecture 01 Introduction to fundamentals of combustion.
Lecture 02 Scope and applications of combustion.
Lecture 03 Scope of combustion(Contd..) and types of fuel and oxidizer.
Lecture 04 Characterization of liquid and gaseous fuel.
Lecture 05 Properties of liquid, solid fuel and combustion modes.
Lecture 06 Thermodynamics of combustion.
Lecture 07 Thermodynamics of combustion(Contd..).
Lecture 08 Laws of thermodynamics and Stoichiometry.
Lecture 09 Stoichiometric calculations for air gas mixture.
Lecture 10 Mixture fraction calculation for diffusion flames.
Lecture 11 Thermochemistry.
Lecture 12 Heat of reaction and bond energy.
Lecture 13 Adiabatic flame temperature.
Lecture 14 Adiabatic flame temperature and its effect on various parameters.
Lecture 15 Introduction to chemical equilibrium.
Lecture 16 Chemical equilibrium and Gibbs free energy.
Lecture 17 Equilubrium constants and Le chatlier principle.
Lecture 18 Determination of chemical equilubrium composition.
Lecture 19 Chemical and reaction kinetics.
Lecture 20 Compact notation and reaction rate of chemical reaction.
Taught by
aerospace engineering
