SUBJECT

Title

Chemistry and Physics of Flames

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Doctoral

Credits

6

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

The results of combustion science are widely used for improving the efficiency of combustion processes and decreasing the environmental load. The most important results are the continously lower fuel consumption of vehicles, the reduced of pollution emission from traffic, and the production of more electricity with less CO2 emission. Engineering optimization of combustion processes is one of the most important practical applications of modern reaction kinetics.

Readings
  • J. Warnatz, U. Maas, R.W. Dibble: Combustion. Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modeling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation. Springer, Berlin, 2008

  • S.R. Turns: An introduction to combustion. Concepts and applications. 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2011

  • M.J. Pilling – P.W. Seakins: Reaction kinetics. Oxford Univ. Press, 1995