ENGR 451 Introduction to Combustion
This course covers the fundamental concepts of combustion science and engineering. Modern-day combustion science combines thermodynamics, chemistry, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer concepts, and it is used for the design of many energy and propulsive applications. Topics include: equilibrium thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, mass transfer, laminar premixed and diffusion flames, deflagration and detonation, flame stability, pollutants, and canonical 1st-Law applications.
Offered
Spring
Outcomes
- understand the motivation for studying combustion
- Be able to identify and define basic combustion terminology
- Introduce students to microscopic thermodynamics and how molecular activity is important to combustion science
- Know what is meant by “complete combustion”
- Be able to balance the stoichiometric reaction
- Understand the definition of air to fuel ratio and equivalence ratio and how they are applied
- Introduce students to thermochemistry
- Be able to calculate the adiabatic flame temperature
- Introduce Students to STANJAN and other combustion software