Aims

The course is intended to provide a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate students, of different specialities, with a basic knowledge in physics, hydrodynamics and chemistry of combustion, efficiency of burning processes and pollutant emissions.

Content

Introduction: Energy production and energy sources. Combustion regimes; pollutants, efficient and clean combustion. Introduction to thermodynamics. Thermodynamics of chemical reactions. Chemical kinetics of combustion processes. Reactions mechanisms. Adiabatic flame temperature. Adiabatic explosion; Semenov's theory of explosion. Non-branching and chain branching chemical reactions. The hydrogen-oxygen explosion. Velocity and temperature of laminar flames. Introduction to fluid mechanics: heat and mass transfer, sound waves and shock waves; hydrodynamic instabilities. Combustion regimes: premixed and diffusion combustion. Flame stability. Flame, explosion and detonation.

Instruction

Lectures and exercises in Enlish.