THEORY OF COMBUSTION

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Department of Energy Engineering

Synopsis:

The aim of the course is give a comprehensive theory of combustion fuels.

The basic mechanism of heat release by oxidation of chemically bound heat in fossil fuels and biomass.

Arrhenius law and its practical application.

Diffusion and kinetic combustion, burning rate and heat transfer in the furnace.

Mixing of fuel and oxidant such as burning rate limit factor.

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Lackner M., Winter F., Agarwal A.K. Handbook of Combustion, Volume 1, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co KGaA, Weinheim, 2016

Tomeczek J., Coal Combustion, Krieger publishing company, Malabar, Florida, 1994

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