Combustion: Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modelling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation

by Jürgen Warnatz, Ulrich Maas

Pollutant formation during combustion of fossil fuels is a central topic and will continue to be so in the future. This book provides a detailed and rigorous treatment of the coupling of chemical reactions and fluid flow. Also, combustion-specific topics of chemistry and fluid mechanics are considered, and tools described for the simulation of combustion processes. For the 2nd edition, the part dealing with experiments, spray combustion, and soot were thoroughly revised.

265 pages, Hardcover

First published February 16, 1996

Reviews

[Jenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent overall introduction to almost every aspect of combustion (primarily for modelers) for someone new to the field or in need of concise and clear descriptions. It was useful for writing my thesis methodology, in which I described non-premixed flames (laminar and turbulent), detailed chemistry, local extinctions and lean blow off phenomena. Its visual schematics are helpful and evocative, and it's one of the few combustion texts that really explains how chemical kinetic mechanisms work and are used for simulations.