MEC075 – Fundamentals of Combustion

Syllabus – 2024/3 Academic Calendar.

Lecture 01 – Introduction to fundamentals of combustion, formal presentation of the discipline.

Lecture 02 – A definition of combustion, combustion modes and flame types.

Lecture 03 – An introduction to Cantera software, applications.

Lecture 04 – Combustion and thermochemistry, absolute enthalpy, enthalpy of formation and heating values.

Lecture 05 – Chemical equilibrium, Gibbs free energy, complex systems.

Lecture 06 – Fundamentals of Combustion test 01 – one question.

Lecture 07 – Chemical kinetics, elementary reactions, multistep mechanisms.

Lecture 08 – Important chemical mechanisms, reaction pathway analysis.

Lecture 09 – Part 01 and Part 02 – Reacting systems, well-stirred reactor, plug-flow reactor.

Lecture 10 – Part 01 and Part 02 – Conservation equations for reacting flows.

Lecture 11 – Fundamentals of Combustion test 02 – one question.

Graduation final project of Mechanical Engineering students (TCC).

Lecture 12 – Premixed flames, laminar premixed flames, physical description.

Lecture 13 – Laminar premixed flames, detailed analysis, factors influencing flame velocity.

Graduation final project of Mechanical Engineering students (TCC).

Lecture 14 – Laminar diffusion flames, simplified theoretical descriptions, flame lengths.

Lecture 15 – Fundamentals of Combustion test 03 – one question.  

List of Exercises 01

List of Exercises 02

List of Exercises 03

Project:

Groups:

Group 01 – Green H2 as a GT fuel. 

Group 02 – Turbofan engine emissions.

Group 03 – Biomethane as a transport fuel.