Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion

Kenneth Kuan-yun Kuo, Ragini Acharya

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781118099292
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Thermodynamics

Detailed coverage of advanced combustion topics from the author of Principles of combustion, Second Edition

Turbulence, turbulent combustion, and multiphase reacting flows have become major research topics in recent decades due to their application across diverse fields, including energy, environment, propulsion, transportation, industrial safety, and nanotechnology. Most of the knowledge accumulated from this research has never been published in book form—until now. Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion presents up-to-date, integrated coverage of the fundamentals of turbulence, combustion, and multiphase phenomena along with useful experimental techniques, including non-intrusive, laser-based measurement techniques, providing a firm background in both contemporary and classical approaches. Beginning with two full chapters on laminar premixed and non-premixed flames, this book takes a multiphase approach, beginning with more common topics and moving on to higher-level applications.

In addition, Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion:

• Addresses seven basic topical areas in combustion and multiphase flows, including laminar premixed and non-premixed flames, theory of turbulence, turbulent premixed and non-premixed flames, and multiphase flows
• Covers spray atomization and combustion, solid-propellant combustion, homogeneous propellants, nitramines, reacting boundary-layer flows, single energetic particle combustion, and granular bed combustion
• Provides experimental setups and results whenever appropriate

Supported with a large number of examples and problems as well as a solutions manual, Fundamentals of Turbulent and Multiphase Combustion is an important resource for professional engineers and researchers as well as graduate students in mechanical, chemical, and aerospace engineering.

Chapter 1

Introduction and Conservation Equations

Symbols (An optimized version of this table can be viewed at www.wiley.com/go/kuo1tables)

Symbol	Description	Dimension
Bi	Body force per unit volume in i-direction (vector)	F/L^3
C	Molar concentration	N/L^3
Ci	Molar concentration of the i^th species	N/L^3
d	Molecular diameter	L
DAb	Binary mass diffusivity for A-B system	L^2/t
	Strain rate tensor	t^–1
Eak	Activation energy for the kth reaction	Q/N
fi	External force per unit mass on species i (vector)	F/M
F	Force (vector)	F
FS	Surface force (vector)	F
h	Enthalpy per unit mass	Q/M
ht	Total enthalpy per unit mass	Q/M
I	Identity matrix or vector form of Kronecker delta ij	–
Ji	Mass flux of species i relative to mass-average velocity (vector)	M/L^2t
	Molar flux of species i relative to molar-average velocity (vector)	N/L^2t
K	Boltzmann constant	(Q/T)/molecule
l	Mean free path	L
	Mass flux (vector)	M/L^2t
mi	Mass of the i^th species in the mixture	M
mt	Total mass of a multi component gaseous mixture	M
Mwi	Molecular weight of i^th species	M/N
	Molar flux (vector)	NL^2t
ni	Number of moles of i^th species in the gaseous mixture	N
Ni	Number of moles of species i	—
NA	Avogadro's number, 6.02252 × 10^23 molecules/mole	–
q	Heat-flux vector (vector)	Q/L^2t
T^°	Fixed standard reference temperature, at 298.15 K	T
	Arithmetic-mean molecular speed	L/t
ui	Velocity component in i^th-direction	L/t
v	Mass-average velocity (vector)	L/t
V	Control volume	L^3
vi	Velocity of i^th species with respect to stationary coordinate axes (vector)	L/t
*	Molar-average velocity (vector)	L/t
Vi	Mass diffusion velocity of i^th species (vector)	L/t
	Molar diffusion velocity of i^th species (vector)	L/t
Xi	Mole fraction of the i^th species	—
y	Space coordinate in y-direction	L
Yi	Mass fraction of the i^th species	—
z	Space coordination in z-direction	L
Z	Frequency of molecular collisi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction and Conservation Equations
• Chapter 2: Laminar Premixed Flames
• Chapter 3: Laminar Non-Premixed Flames
• Chapter 4: Background in Turbulent Flows
• Chapter 5: Turbulent Premixed Flames
• Chapter 6: Non-premixed Turbulent Flames
• Chapter 7: Background in Multiphase flows with Reactions
• Chapter 8: Spray Atomization and Combustion
• Appendix A: Useful Vector and Tensor Operations
• Appendix B: Constants and Conversion Factors Often Used in Combustion
• Appendix C: Naming of Hydrocarbons
• Appendix D: Detailed Gas-Phase Reaction Mechanism for Aromatics Formation
• Appendix E: Particle Size–U.S. Sieve Size and Tyler Screen Mesh Equivalents
• Bibliography
• Index