Combustion

0910411 / 0910511

Catalog Description: This course presents the concepts of chemically reacting systems (flames) along with many practical applications. Topics include chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, premixed laminar flames, diffusion flames and environmental issues.

Textbook: An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications, Stephen R. Turns, Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 2000.

Instructor: Anthony J. Marchese                                      Download Course Syllabus here

Office: 235 Rowan Hall
Phone: (856) 256-5343
Email: marchese@rowan.edu

home and objectives

• Calculate adiabatic flame temperatures using the concepts of chemical equilibrium.
• Predict how equilibrium composition will shift with varying pressure and temperature.
• Derive the Arrhenius rate expression from simple kinetic theory.
• Explain the explosion limits of the H2/O2 system using chemical kinetic arguments.
• Explain qualitatively the chemical oxidation mechanism of alcohols, alkanes and aromatics.
• Assemble detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms and model zero and one-dimensional chemically reacting systems using Chemkin 4.0 software.
• Calculate premixed laminar flame speed using phenomenological arguments and perform complex laminar flame calculations using Chemkin 4.0 software.
• Determine the burning rate of a liquid fuel droplet.
• Explain the formation mechanisms of NOx, HC, CO and PM in combustion systems and how to design systems with low pollutant formation.

course outline and notes

homework assignments

chemkin 4.0

combustion links

combustion research

rules and grading

Rowan University • 201 Mullica Hill Road • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028 • Phone / 856.256.5343
Contact  marchese@rowan.edu with questions, problems or comments.
©2003 Anthony J. Marchese.