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Theory of Combustion and Burners

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-0916/02
Abbreviation THH
Course title Theory of Combustion and Burners
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Zdeněk Toman, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic theory of combustion: combustion conditions and combustion such as physico-chemical process governed by the laws of thermodynamics.
2. Diffusion and kinetic combustion area. Chemical kinetics of combustion, the basic principles, the influence of temperature, concentration and pressure of the reaction rate.
3. Chain reactions, heat transfer in flames, and other physical parameters influencing the combustion reaction.
4. Conditions of of primary activation, ignition and combustion of gaseous mixtures.
5. Ignition temperature, flammability limits, and their dependence on temperature and pressure.
6. The active mechanism of catalysts, inhibitors, inert gas and oxygen enrichment of the combustion air to the ignition and combustion.
7. Stabilization front combustion in laminar and turbulent flow.
8. The activation energy, the influence of the size of the primary activation, ignition and combustion of the mixture.
9. Combustion and flame structure of gaseous, liquid and solid fuels.
10. Flame stabilization and perfection mixture burnout.
11. Basic design of burners, their classification and types.
12. Properties and flame shape in terms of burning conditions and technological requirements. Flameless combustion. Heating systems and their application in practice.
13. Principles of function, advantages and shortcomings of the basic types of burners and combustion application of thermodynamic conditions in the construction of the basic types of burners.
14. Ratio and power regulatory limits burners, principles for designing heating systems in terms of energy efficiency, ecology and economy.

E-learning

There is not e-learning form of study.

Literature

[1] KHAVKIN, Y. I. Combustion System Design. PennWell Publishing Company,
Tulsa, USA, 1996. 245 p. ISBN 0-87814-462-5.
[2] WARNATZ, J. Combustion, Physical end Chemical Fundamentals. Springer. Berlin. 2001. 299 p. ISBN 3-540-60730-7.
[3] STRAHLE, W. C. An Introduction to Combustion. Gordon Publishers. Berlin. 1993. 166 p. ISBN 2-88124-586-2.

Advised literature

[1] GLASSMAN, I. Combustion, Academic Press. London. 2008, 778 p. ISBN 978-0-12-088573-2,
[2] MISHRA, D. P. Fundamentals of Combustion. Asoke and Ghosh, New Delhi. 2008, 266 p. ISBN 978-81-203-3348-2 .