Collection(s) : Cours universitaires
Paru le 29/08/2020 | Broché 188 pages
Master
The book
This is the textbook for the master's course Combustion and Fuels that the author teaches at the Louvain School of Engineering of UCLouvain The subjects contained herein are the following : origin and composition of fossil fuels, stoichiometry and thermochemistry of combustion, chemical kinetics, governing equations of reacting flows, laminar premixed flames and turbulent premixed flames. Emphasis is placed on the presentation and analysis of the basic concepts and physico-chemical mechanisms underpinning combustion. Further, particular attention has been paid to render these notes self-contained. A list of review questions and exercises has been included at the end of each chapter. This book is intended for master's or advanced undergraduate students in engineering, physics, chemistry or applied mathematics. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic notions of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.
Miltiadis V. Papalexandris is professor at the Louvain School of Engineering of UCLouvain. He actively conducts research in theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, with particular emphasis on reacting flows and multiphase flows (including granular suspensions, porous media and gas-liquid systems). His teaching assignments include courses in fluid mechanics, combustion and thermodynamics. Prior to his arrival at UCLouvain, he was member of the engineering staff of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He holds a Master in Naval Architecture e) Marine Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, a Master in Aeronautics from Caltech and a PhD in Aeronautics and Applied Mathematics from Caltech.
