Norbert Peters

Turbulent Combustion

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The combustion of fossil fuels remains a key technology for the foreseeable future. It is therefore important that we understand the mechanisms of combustion and, in particular, the role of turbulence within this process. Combustion always takes place within a turbulent flow field for two reasons: turbulence increases the mixing process and enhances combustion, but at the same time combustion releases heat which generates flow instability through buoyancy, thus enhancing the transition to turbulence. The four chapters of this book present a thorough introduction to the field of turbulent combustion. After an overview of modeling approaches, the three remaining chapters consider the three distinct cases of premixed, non-premixed, and partially premixed combustion, respectively. This book will be of value to researchers and students of engineering and applied mathematics by demonstrating the current theories of turbulent combustion within a unified presentation of the field.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2000
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780521660822
• ISBN-10: 0521660823
• Artikelnr.: 10230017

Inhaltsangabe

1. Turbulent combustion: the state of the art; 2. Premixed turbulent combustion; 3. Nonpremixed turbulent combustion; 4. Partially premixed turbulent combustion.

Rezensionen

'It is a major new work of scholarship in an important area. This book does present a unified description based on clearly stated premises and I recommend anyone with a serious research interest in turbulent combustion to read it.' K. N. C. Bray, Journal of Fluid Mechanics