Syllabus
Combustion and thermochemistry – fuels – chemical kinetics and mechanisms – reacting flows – modeling of reacting flows – premixed flames – detonation and explosion – introduction to turbulence – turbulent premixed combustion – non-premixed combustion – turbulent non premixed combustion – spray combustion – combustion instability.
Text Books
- Turns, S. R., An Introduction to Combustion, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill (2000).
References
1. Glassman, I. and Yetter, R. A., Combustion, 4th ed., Academic Press (2008).
2. Kuo, K. K., Principles of Combustion, 2nd ed., John Wiley (2005).
3. Warnatz, J., Maas, U., and Dibble, R. W., Combustion 4th ed., Springer (2006).
4. Law, C. K., Combustion Physics, Cambridge Univ. Press (2006).