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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460585803321

Autore

Ragland Kenneth W.

Titolo

Combustion engineering / / by Kenneth W. Ragland and Kenneth M. Bryden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-11235-1

1-4665-0001-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 p.)

Disciplina

621.402/3

Soggetti

Combustion engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Acknowledgments; Authors; Nomenclature and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction to Combustion Engineering; Chapter 2: Fuels; Chapter 3: Thermodynamics of Combustion; Chapter 4: Chemical Kinetics of Combustion; Chapter 5: Flames; Chapter 6: Gas-Fired Furnaces and Boilers; Chapter 7: Premixed-Charge Engine Combustion; Chapter 8: Detonation of Gaseous Mixtures; Chapter 9: Spray Formation and Droplet Behavior; Chapter 10: Oil-Fired Furnace Combustion; Chapter 11: Gas Turbine Spray Combustion

Chapter 12: Diesel Engine CombustionChapter 13: Detonation of Liquid and Gaseous Mixtures; Chapter 14: Solid Fuel Combustion Mechanisms; Chapter 15: Fixed Bed Combustion; Chapter 16: Suspension Burning; Chapter 17: Fluidized Bed Combustion; Appendix A Properties of Fuels; Appendix B Properties of Air (at 1 atm); Appendix C Thermodynamic Properties of Combustion Products; Appendix D Historical Perspective on Combustion Technology; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Combustion Engineering, Second Edition maintains the same goal as the original: to present the fundamentals of combustion science with application to today’s energy challenges. Using combustion applications to reinforce the fundamentals of combustion science, this text provides a uniquely accessible introduction to combustion for undergraduate students, first-year graduate students, and



professionals in the workplace.