By the end of the course students will have:
- to understand the concept of chemical reactions, basic theory of combustion
- ability to evaluate the adiabatic flame temperature, equilibrium equation
- to apply Fick’s law to simple binary systems
- ability to distinguish between global and elementary reactions and mechanisms and have an appreciation for the types of elementary and understand the physical meaning of the steric factor, pre-exponential factor, and activation energy
- to calculate the net species production rates and ability to formulate appropriate equations from complex mechanisms.
- Ability to analysis the elementary steps involved in oxidation of hydrocarbons
- Ability to apply a constant-pressure reactor, a constant-volume reactor, a well-stirred reactor, and a plug-flow reactor to the model reactors
- to calculate laminar flame speed to estimate flame properties in practical devices, such as engines
- to describe the general characteristics of the temperature, fuel and oxidizer mass fractions, and velocity fields of laminar jet flames
- to analyze emissions from combustion process