Combustion

Overview

Instructor: Prof. S. R. Chakravarthy, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras.

This course deals with topics in combustion, the process of burning: Review of thermodynamics, Chemical kinetics, Mass transfer definitions - Fick's law, Conservation equations, Schvab-Zeldovich formulation, Rankine-Hugoniot relations, Laminar premixed flames, Laminar diffusion flames, Partially premixed flames, Introduction to turbulent flames, Solid propellant combustion, Spray combustion, and Combustion instabilities.

Syllabus

Mod-01 Lec-01 Introduction.
Mod-01 Lec-02 Chemical Reactions, Heats of Reaction and Formation.
Mod-01 Lec-03 Sensible Enthalpy and Adiabatic Flame Temperature.
Mod-01 Lec-04 Dissociation of Products, Role of Pressure.
Mod-01 Lec-05 Numerical Calculation of Adiabatic Flame Temperature, Chemical Kinetics 1.
Mod-02 Lec-06 Chemical Kinetics 2.
Mod-02 Lec-07 Equilibrium Reactions, Global Kinetics, Order of Reaction.
Mod-02 Lec-08 Reduced Chemistry, Steady State Approximation.
Mod-02 Lec-09 Steady State Approximation, Partial Equilibrium Approximation.
Mod-02 Lec-10 Partial Equilibrium Approximation, Chemical Explosions.
Mod-02 Lec-11 Combining Chemical and Thermal Processes 1.
Mod-02 Lec-12 Combining Chemical and Thermal Processes 2.
Mod-02 Lec-13 Combining Chemical and Thermal Processes 3.
Mod-02 Lec-14 Combining Chemical and Thermal Processes 4.
Mod-03 Lec-15 Mass and Molar Diffusion, Fick's Law.
Mod-08 Lec-16 Conservation Equations for Multi-Component Mixtures.
Mod-08 Lec-17 Multi-Component Diffusion Equation.
Mod-08 Lec-18 Multi-Component Momentum Equation.
Mod-08 Lec-19 Energy Equation.
Mod-08 Lec-20 One Dimensional Steady Flow.
Mod-05 Lec-21 Schvab-Zeldovich Formulation 1.
Mod-05 Lec-22 Schvab-Zeldovich Formulation 2.
Mod-06 Lec-23 Rankine-Hugoniot Relations 1.
Mod-06 Lec-24 Rankine-Hugoniot Relations 2.
Mod-06 Lec-25 Rankine-Hugoniot Relations 3.
Mod-06 Lec-26 Velocity, Temperature and Entropy Variation along Hugoniot Curve.
Mod-07 Lec-27 Laminar Premixed Flames.
Mod-07 Lec-28 Laminar Premixed Flames - Corrections.
Mod-07 Lec-29 Laminar Premixed Flames - Rigorous Analysis 1.
Mod-07 Lec-30 Laminar Premixed Flames - Rigorous Analysis 2.
Mod-07 Lec-31 Flame Speed Dependencies, G-Equation.
Mod-07 Lec-32 Bunsen Burner 1.
Mod-07 Lec-33 Bunsen Burner 2.
Mod-07 Lec-34 Flame Stabilisation 1.
Mod-07 Lec-35 Flame Stabilisation 2.
Mod-07 Lec-36 Ignition.
Mod-08 Lec-37 Burke-Schumann Problem 1.
Mod-08 Lec-38 Burke-Schumann Problem 2.
Mod-08 Lec-39 Burke-Schumann Problem 3.
Mod-09 Lec-40 Flame Structure.
Mod-09 Lec-41 Mixture Fraction Formulation 1.
Mod-09 Lec-42 Mixture Fraction Formulation 2.
Mod-10 Lec-43 Droplet Burning 1.
Mod-10 Lec-44 Droplet Burning 2.
Mod-10 Lec-45 Spray Combustion 1.
Mod-10 Lec-46 Spray Combustion 2.
Mod-11 Lec-47 Turbulent Combustion 1.
Mod-11 Lec-48 Turbulent Combustion 2.
Mod-12 Lec-49 Combustion Instabilities.
Mod-13 Lec-50 Detonations.
Mod-13 Lec-51 Detonation Wave - ZND Structure.