At the end of this course, students will
- appreciate the importance of combustion in our daily life
- learn basic physical, chemical, and thermodynamic concepts that are important in the study of combustion
- learn how to apply Fick’s Law of mass diffusion and calculate the liquid evaporation rate
- understand the fundamentals of chemical processes and the importance of chemical kinetics in the study of combustion
- understand the coupling chemical and thermal analysis of reacting systems
- learn the underlying physics and chemistry of laminar premixed flames
- learn the general characteristics of laminar diffusion flames
- understand the pollutant emissions from combustors