An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications /
Stephen R. Turns
- 3rd Ed.
- New Delhi McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited 2018
- xvii, 732p. : ill. ; 24cm
It includes Appendix and Index Pages.
Introduction to Combustion is the leading combustion textbook for undergraduate and graduate students because of its easy-to-understand analyses of basic combustion concepts and its introduction of a wide variety of practical applications that motivate or relate to the various theoretical concepts. This is a text that is useful for junior/senior undergraduates or graduate students in mechanical engineering and practicing engineers.
The third edition updates and adds topics related to protection of the environment, climate change, and energy use. Additionally, a new chapter is added on fuels due to the continued focus on conservation and energy independence.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Combustion and Thermochemistry Chapter 3: Introduction to Mass Transfer Chapter 4: Chemical Kinetics Chapter 5: Some Important Chemical Mechanisms Chapter 6: Coupling Chemical and Thermal Analyses of Reacting Systems Chapter 7: Simplified Conservation Equations for Reacting Flows Chapter 8: Laminar Premixed Flames Chapter 9: Laminar Diffusion Flames Chapter 10: Droplet Evaporation and Burning Chapter 11: Introduction to Turbulent Flows Chapter 12: Turbulent Premixed Flames Chapter 13: Turbulent Nonpremixed Flames Chapter 14: Burning of Solids Chapter 15: Emissions Chapter 16: Detonations Chapter 17: Fuels Appendix A: Selected Thermodynamic Properties of Gases Comprising C-H-O-N System Appendix B: Fuel Properties Appendix C: Selected Properties of Air, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Appendix D: Binary Diffusion Coefficients and Methodology for their Estimation Appendix E: Generalized Newton's Method for the Solution of Nonlinear Equations Appendix F: Computer Codes for Equilibrium Products of Hydrocarbon-Air Combustion