MEC075 – Fundamentals of Combustion
Syllabus – 2024/1 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 02
List of Exercises 03
Project:
Group 01 – Green H2 as a GT fuel.
Group 02 – Turbofan engine emissions.
Group 03 – Biomethane as a transport fuel.