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Physical Chemistry of Combustion and Explosion Processes

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 651-0907/02
Abbreviation FCHHV
Course title Physical Chemistry of Combustion and Explosion Processes
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jana Dobrovská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics of combustion and explosion. Reaction, combustion and explosion heat dependence on temperature, maximum reaction temperature. Steady-state chemical and physical. Properties of combustibles and explosives, their thermochemical characteristics. Oxygen and air for combustion and explosion, oxygen index. The composition of the products of combustion and explosion, thermal effects, pressure and temperature.
Isobaric and isochoric explosion temperature. Specific heat of fire.
The reaction mechanism of combustion and explosion. Theory chain reactions. thermal mechanism adiabatic reaction kinetics. Pressure, temperature and concentration
Explosion limits. Induction period. Suppression of explosion inerting.
Physical characteristics. Diffusion, kinetic, laminar and turbulent flame temperature distribution in the flame. Flame stability.
Combustion of gaseous, liquid and solid substances. Burning disperse systems.
The mechanism of explosive transformations, explosive burning, II.řádu explosion, detonation.
The shock wave formation, propagation. The hydrodynamic theory of detonation.
Physico-chemical principles of fighting. Heat and temperature regime of fire. Extinguishing media and their physico-chemical properties and actions. dilution,
cooling, suspension, retardation.
Properties of colloidal systems in combustion and fire.

Literature

Atkins, P., De Paula J. Physical Chemistry. 9th Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Laurier L. Schramm: Emulsions, Foams, and Suspensions (Fundamentals and Applications). 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Warnatz,J., Maas,U., Dibble,R.W., Combustion. Physical and Chemical Fundamentals, Modelling and Simulation, Experiments, Pollutant Formation. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New Uork. 1996. 265 p.

Advised literature

Warren Strahle C., An Introduction to Combustion. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Combustion Science and Technology Book Series.Volume 1. 1993.
Current articles from peer-reviewed journals (e-recourses)