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Combustion Chemistry

Detailed study of the rates and mechanisms of combustion reactions has not been in the mainstream of combustion research until the recent recognition that further progress in optimizing burner performance and reducing pollutant emission can only be done with fundamental understanding of combustion c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gardiner, W. C. Jr (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 1984, 1984
Edition:1st ed. 1984
Subjects:
Physical Chemistry
Electric Power Production
Chemistry, Technical
Electrical Power Engineering
Industrial Chemistry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 6. Reactions of C2-hydrocarbons
  • 7. Reactions of C3- and C4-hydrocarbons
  • 8. Mechanism of small hydrocarbon combustion
  • 9. Acknowledgments
  • 10. References
  • 6. Survey of Rate Constants in the N/H/O System
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Organization
  • 3. N/O reaction survey
  • 4. N/H reaction survey
  • 5. N/H/O reaction survey
  • 6. N/H/O rate constant compilation
  • 7. References
  • 7. Modeling
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic concepts and definitions
  • 3. Construction of models
  • 4. Parameter estimation
  • 5. Adequacy of fit
  • 6. Design of experiments
  • 7. Dynamic models in chemical kinetics
  • 8. Closing remark
  • 9. Acknowledgments
  • 10. References
  • 8. Thermochemical Data for Combustion Calculations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The polynomial representation
  • 3. Extrapolation
  • 4. Thermochemical data sources
  • 5. Approximation methods
  • 6. Thermochemical polynomials in combustion chemistry
  • 7. Required accuracy of thermochemical information
  • 8. Acknowledgment
  • 1. Introduction to Combustion Modeling
  • 1. Terminology of reaction kinetics
  • 2. Rate laws and reaction mechanisms
  • 3. Physical constraints on gas-phase combustion reactions
  • 4. Differential equations of homogeneous reaction without transport
  • 5. Methods of numerical integration
  • 6. Interpretation of combustion modeling profiles
  • 7. References
  • 2. Computer Modeling of Combustion Reactions in Flowing Systems with Transport
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Conservation or continuity equations, and other useful relations
  • 3. Formulation of transport fluxes
  • 4. One-dimensional premixed laminar flame properties by solution of the time-dependent equations
  • 5. Premixed laminar flames and kinetic studies
  • 6. Two further solution techniques
  • 7. Implicit methods and general reactive flow problems
  • 8. Operator splitting techniques in multidimensional systems
  • 9. Chemical quasi-steady-state and partial equilibrium assumptions in reactive flow modeling
  • 10. Concluding remarks
  • 11. Nomenclature
  • 12. References
  • 3. Bimolecular Reaction Rate Coefficients
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Fundamental concepts
  • 3. Theoretical predictions of bimolecular reaction rate coefficients
  • 4. Comparison between experiment and theory for rate coefficients of selected bimolecular gas reactions
  • 5. Summary and conclusions
  • 6. Acknowledgments
  • 7. References
  • 4. Rate Coefficients of Thermal Dissociation, Isomerization, and Recombination Reactions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. General mechanism of thermal dissociation and recombination reactions
  • 3. Low-pressure rate coefficients
  • 4. High-pressure rate coefficients
  • 5. Rate coefficients in the intermediate fall-off range
  • 6. Conclusions
  • 7. References
  • 5. Rate Coefficients in the C/H/O/System
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. General features of high-temperaturehydrocarbon combustion
  • 3. Reactions in the H2/O2 system
  • 4. Reactions of CO and CO2
  • 5. Reactions of C1-hydrocarbons
  • 9. References
  • Appendix A Program for finding coefficients of NASA Polynomials
  • Appendix B Program Written by A. Lifshitz and A. Burcat for Evaluating the Coefficients of the Wilhoit Polynomials
  • Appendix C Table of Coefficient Sets for NASA Polynomials

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